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New Research Shows Consumers Want Additional Labeling Requirements For Sweeteners in Packaged Food
June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020 Washington, D.C. – 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 […]
Alternative Sweetener Labeling on Packaged Food is Incomplete, Lacks Transparency and is Misleading; Corrective FDA Action Urgently Needed
June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020 Washington, D.C. – The Sugar Association, representing 142,000 sugar beet and cane growers, processors and refiners in the United States, today filed a U. S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Citizen Petition asking the Agency to require complete and accurate labeling of low- and no-calorie sweeteners on food packages, action that will […]
It’s Official: FDA Recognizes Nothing is Added to Real Sugar
June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s issuance of its final guidance regarding the labeling of added sugars for single-ingredient sweeteners, Dr. Courtney Gaine, President and CEO of the Sugar Association, issued the following statement: “It is a relief for the sugar industry to finally have a […]
Sugar Association Celebrates More Than 75 Years of Telling Real Sugar’s Farm-to-Table Story
June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Sugar Association is marking more than 75 years as the scientific voice of the United States sugar industry. Founded by beet and cane sugar growers and refiners during World War II in 1943, the group was dedicated to the scientific study of sugar’s role in food and the […]
Sugar Association Proud to be a Sponsor of Ag Day 2019
March 11, 2019
March 11, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing sugar beet and cane growers, processors and refiners throughout the United States, the Sugar Association is proud to support The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) as it hosts National Agriculture Day on March 14, 2019. This will mark the 46th anniversary of National Ag Day which is celebrated […]
Nutrition is Complicated, but Research Shows Sugar Enjoyed in Moderation is Part of a Healthy, Balanced Lifestyle
December 18, 2018
December 18, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to claims made by Dr. David Perlmutter in the update to his 2013 book Grain Brain, Sugar Association President and CEO Courtney Gaine PhD, RD, issued the following statement: The fact is that nutrition is complicated, even though we want it to be simple – it isn’t. As […]
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