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WASHINGTON (March 6, 2017) — The Sugar Association submitted comments today to FDA on its draft guidance for compliance with newly adopted revisions to the Nutrition Facts Label that will appear on packaged foods and beverages. The new labels are expected to go into effect for larger food companies by July 2018. The new label will require bags, boxes or other retail packages of sugar to declare their contents as ‘added sugars.’
“We are baffled by the notion that sugar could contain ‘added sugars’,” said Sugar Association CEO Courtney Gaine, Ph.D., R.D. “Unlike everything else on the label, ‘added sugars’ is not a nutrient. It’s just a term that refers to an ingredient that has been added to a product. Saying that there are ‘added sugars’ in sugar will undoubtedly confuse consumers and further complicate what we know is already a difficult concept for people to understand. Sugar is just sugar and there is nothing added to it.”
Contact: Beth Casteel, casteel@sugar.org, 202-785-1122 x190
February 3, 2023
As USDA undertakes its rulemaking for school meals with a focus on obesity reduction, it is important to note that added sugars consumption has actually declined by more than 30% since 2000 while child obesity is up by 45%.
October 5, 2022
Inaugural Celebration Spotlights Sugar’s Natural Origins from Sugar Beet and Sugar Cane Plants WASHINGTON, October 6, 2022 – Next week, the sugar industry will come together to mark the first annual National Real Sugar Day on October 14 as a day to celebrate real sugar with the people who bring it from farm to table […]
September 22, 2022
Evidence shows alternative sweetener use is up 832% since 2000; experts and consumers urge agency to act on Citizen Petition calling for change
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