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In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration started requiring food manufacturers to list added sugars as well as total sugars, which can help consumers be more discerning when choosing products. However, many consumers are still confused by nutrition labels.
Consumers also can get a sense of a food s sugar content by scanning the ingredient list for alternative names, nutrition experts say.
Any of the following ingredients indicate a food has added sugar: agave nectar, brown sugar, cane juice, corn sweetener, date sugar, dextrose, fruit juice concentrate, fructose, honey, lactose, barley malt, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, sucrose, sweetened carob powder, treacle, turbinado sugar, high fructose syrup. The same is true of can, corn, golden malt, maple and rice syrups.
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