Consumer Group Cries Foul On FDA Total Added Sugar Guidance

By David Roza / June 20, 2019 at 1:40 PM
A consumer advocacy group criticized FDA after the agency finalized a guidance meant to clarify how industry should label sugar on the nutrition facts panel for single-ingredient sugars, syrups and certain cranberry products. Though FDA argues the new panel will make it clear to consumers that there is no added sugar in these products, which are already almost entirely made of sugars, the Center for Science in the Public Interest says consumers will be even more confused by the label,...


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