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Sugar Association files citizen petition calling for clearer labelling of sweeteners
July 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 “The Sugar Association has filed a US citizen petition to require manufacturers to add front-of-pack disclosures regarding the use of non-nutritive sweeteners – but sweetener suppliers say ingredient lists already give consumers clear information. Trade group the Sugar Association filed a citizen petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this […]
Consumers Want Additional Labeling Requirements for Sweeteners
July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020 “The Sugar Association today released a new consumer research report showing grocery shoppers are confused about the use of sugar substitutes in packaged food. While once limited to use as tabletop sweeteners and ingredients in diet foods, alternative sweeteners can now be found in a variety of consumer products including bread, cereals, […]
Consumers want more labeling requirements for sweeteners, research shows
July 2, 2020
July 2, 2020 “As consumers have turned away from sugar, more manufacturers have sought out alternative sweeteners that provide the flavoring to their products, but eschew the sugar label. The desire to make this switch was recently accelerated with the FDA’s revamped Nutrition Facts label, which explicitly notes the number of grams of sugar in a product. It then breaks […]
More sweetener labeling wanted, research shows
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020 “New research conducted by Quadrant Strategies for the Sugar Association shows consumers are confused about the use of sugar substitutes in packaged food and prefer additional labeling disclosures by food manufacturers. Consumers fail to recognize sugar substitutes as sweetening ingredients in food and beverages 63% of the time, the research showed, and […]
Sugar industry calls for stricter sweetener labeling
June 8, 2020
June 8, 2020 “The Sugar Association has filed a citizen petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting the agency take steps to bring transparency in the labeling of sweeteners in food products and stop misleading claims. The petition stems from FDA’s complete remodel of nutrition labels, first published in 2016. “It was a […]
Sugar Association Petitions FDA for Synthetic Sweetener Labeling
June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 “The Sugar Association on June 3 filed a citizen petition asking the FDA to require clearer labeling of low- and no-calorie sweeteners on food packages. The association wants the term “sweetener” in parentheses following the chemical names of those sweeteners (aspartame, stevia, etc.) in the ingredient statement and, for children’s food and […]
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