Understanding Sugar on the New Nutrition Label

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A few things are changing on the nutrition label that may help consumers be more aware of the amount of sugar that is in products and their overall daily diet.

A recent article explains a few key things about the new label, pointing out the importance of consumers to think about their diet- especially in regard to added sugars.

Sugar is now an important change on labels, where grams were once the only indicator, now a percentage of what is recommended for daily sugar consumption will also inform consumers of added sugars in products. Also, the added processed sugars will be clearly separated from sugars that are already naturally in products.

Professor Dr. John Satzberg explained in the same article that this will hopefully guide consumers away from products with a lot of added sugar.

Being aware of added sugars in beverage products is important for Latino kids who are on average drinking more sugary beverages than their white peers, studies show.

To learn more, watch the video above from the University of California.

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