On April 17, 2019, FDA issued guidance that a natural sugar called allulose can “be excluded from the total and added sugars declarations on the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts panels when allulose is used as an ingredient. Allulose will still count towards the caloric value on the food label … As with other ingredients,…
Overview In a policy statement in Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) called for excise taxes on sodas and other sugary drinks, and discussed, but did not directly endorse, making sugary drinks ineligible for purchase through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. AHA and AAP noted that U.S. children…
As reported by Sosland, following is a recent decision by a federal appellate court regarding sugar-related health warnings on soft drink advertisements. —– The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today unanimously blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks because it violates commercial speech protected under…