CHAPTER 02 | The Building Blocks of Nutrition Figure 2.1 New Label/What’s Different?
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Note. Adapted from Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label. Reprinted from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2019a, Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/food/food- labeling-nutrition/changes-nutrition-facts-label. Reprinted with permission. Date accessed February 21, 2024.
Sugar on the Food Label
Sugar content is listed on the nutrition label of food. Naturally- occurring sugars in food, such as the fruit sugar or milk sugar, are listed as “sugars.” Added sugars, like table sugar, are also reported on the food label. Common forms of added sugar include granulated sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, brown sugar, molasses, and turbinado sugar. It is important to read the food label carefully for all of the sugars, and limit foods that are high in added sugars due to the associated risks of weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022).
Putting it into Practice
4. How can the Nutrition Facts Label from Figure 2.1 be used to determine the number of natural sugars in the product if there are 12 grams of total sugar and 10 grams of added sugars?
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