FDA to Allow Modified 'Added Sugars' Claims on Cranberry Products, Honey and Maple Syrup
The Food and Drug Administration will allow modified “added sugars” claims on nutrition facts labels for cranberry juice and dried cranberries, pure honey and maple syrup, it said in a final guidance document issued June 18. For dried cranberries and…
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cranberry juice, FDA will “exercise our enforcement discretion to allow a footnote next to the amount of added sugars that says the sugars are added to improve the palatability of naturally tart cranberries” and do not bring the overall levels of sugar above those in similar juice products. For single-ingredient packages and containers of pure honey, pure maple syrup, and other pure sugars, FDA will allow the label to say there are zero added sugars as long as a footnote is added that includes a description of the gram amount of sugar added to the diet by one serving of the product and its contribution to the percent daily value for added sugars in the diet when used as a sweetener. FDA also said it will hold off on enforcement of all aspects of new nutrition facts labeling requirements for cranberry juice and dried cranberries, pure honey and maple syrup until July 1, 2021.