FDA Looks Other Way on Omission of Allulose From Sugars on Nutrition Facts Labels
The Food and Drug Administration intends to exercise enforcement discretion on nutrition facts labeling for the sweetener allulose while it considers rulemaking on the subject, it said in a draft guidance document. FDA will not require that allulose be listed…
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as a sugar or an added sugar on nutrition labels because the substance does not have the same effects on the human body as other sugars, though allulose must still be listed as a carbohydrate due to its chemical structure. However, unlike other carbohydrates, which FDA considers to have 4 calories per gram for nutrition labeling purposes, allulose may be considered to have 0.4 calories per gram, FDA said.