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Industry, advocates clash over advice on added sugars, beverage intake
September 19, 2023
The Sugar Association, for instance, warned the committee that a blanket focus on reducing added sugar is unlikely to help address the issue of obesity in the US. While added sugar intake in the US has been declining, obesity rates have continued to climb, the group noted. “Evidence shows that a singular focus on added sugars in the US has not decreased obesity,” Campbell Genn, the Sugar Association’s director of nutrition policy, told the committee[...]
The Sugar Association shares the real facts about sugar with educators
August 29, 2023
The Sugar Association is sharing sweet facts about sugarbeets and sugarcane with teachers and their students through the STEM program. In April 2022 the Sugar Association was accredited by STEM.org, a private education [...]
FDA grants a bit more time for front-of-pack feedback
July 25, 2023
The FDA on Monday reopened the comment period to gather input on its plans to study potential front-of-pack labeling schemes after tech issues left some groups unable to submit their comments before the deadline…
New research show consumers are looking for facts on real sugar
June 30, 2023
The Sugar Association recently released findings from a consumer survey demonstrating consumers remain interested in knowing where real sugar comes from and how much of it they can eat[...].
Real Sugar Really Resonates: Survey shows message is having an effect in perceptions
June 6, 2023
While table sugar being seen as natural is on the rise, the association with natural is even higher when consumers are asked about sugar, real sugar, beet sugar and cane sugar.[...]
Scientific review calls for added sugar intake to be halved
May 3, 2023
A recent British Medical Journal (BMJ) review advises people to cut intake of added sugars to six teaspoons a day but industry group The Sugar Association has slammed the quality of data used in the review as “garbage”. [...]
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