Ruiz Foods Eyes Product Innovation and the Contentious Front-of-Pack Ingredient Discussion

“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding tension to the front-of-pack ingredient trends. The FDA announced that it will require food and beverage manufacturers to disclose “added sugars” on the front of packaging. The new rules for added sugars are due in October, according to the FDA, in an attempt to educate consumers about this ingredient.

Recently, the Sugar association responded about the upcoming added sugar labeling. The association believes new rules may be more about formulation than informing consumers. “Seventy-five percent of consumers support front-of-pack labeling,” Courtney Gaine, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer at The Sugar Association, told attendees at the International Sweetener Symposium in August. “But without added information about calories, use of artificial sweeteners to replace sugar and other information, the added information is lacking.””

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