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New JAMA Study Wrongly Magnifies Hysteria About All-Natural Sugar

February 4, 2014

The Sugar Association takes seriously issues regarding cardiovascular health. However, it is difficult to reconcile the correlation being drawn between ‘added sugar’ and cardiovascular health in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on February 3, 2014, especially when recognizing American per capita consumption of sucrose has declined by a dramatic 35 percent during the last 40 years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

The Sugar Association Letter to ‘Katie’ Producer Addresses False Claims, Provides Accurate, Science-Based Data

January 30, 2014

The Sugar Association has sent a letter to Katie producer Brittany Jones-Cooper expressing disappointment regarding the inaccurate and unfounded claims about all-natural sugar made in the recent Katie segment, “Beat Your Sugar Addiction.”

Science Should Drive Dietary Guidelines Process

January 14, 2014

The Sugar Association called for dietary recommendations based on rigorous research rather than hypotheticals or opinions in comments delivered today before the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

“% Less Sugar” Claim Continues to Confuse Consumers; FDA Action Needed

November 18, 2013

Divided by a decade yet the results are the same: American consumers remain confused by “% less Sugar” claims on product packages.

Consumers Still Misled, Confused About Realities of Sugar Consumption

July 30, 2013

Americans’ consumption of sugar (sucrose) has decreased by 35 percent in the past 42 years according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), but the results of a recent poll show that most parents believe just the opposite.

Sugar Association addresses misleading claims made in University of Texas Study

June 19, 2013

The recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), explores the effect of a product of glucose metabolism—glucose 6 phosphate (G6P)—on heart function. G6P is hardly unique to sugar (sucrose).

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