Fruit purees may be a viable solution for US food companies rethinking their product formulation due to the soon-to-be implemented US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules on the declaration of “added sugars” on food labels. This is according to Welch’s Global Ingredients Group, which is highlighting its portfolio as a feasible solution. The FDA […]
On May 20, 2016, the U.S. FDA announced the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease. The new label will have a separate line showing how much sugar has been added to each food. The amount […]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will publish a scientific opinion on how much sugar can be included in a healthy diet by 2020, it has confirmed. It will aim to establish “a sciencebased cutoff value for daily exposure to added sugars from all sources which is not associated with adverse health effects”. Added sugars […]
