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aaronatthedoublef.True or false: If the nutrition facts label says ‘Includes 0g added sugars’, it means the product is low in sugar.
[See the full post at: Daily Quiz for January 29, 2020]
I knew this!
I knew this too!
I also knew it.
I know this! Months and months going round and round with the federal government about the new requirement for maple sugarers to put "includes added sugars" on the labels for our pure maple syrup! We finally got that changed! No added sugars in pure maple syrup. High in sugar? Sure! But it's natural.
I'm glad to hear the government had some common sense for a change on the nutrition label.
I agree with some of the changes they made, especially to serving sizes. A candy bar that was labeled as 1 1/2 servings wasn't likely to be only 2/3 eaten in a single sitting.
But much of the information is still relatively useless for cooking. A serving of flour is 1/4 cup (around 29 grams) which generally has 3, 4, or 5 grams of protein. You can differentiate between really soft flours, like a cake flour, and really hard ones with that information (which you probably already knew), but that's about all.
Lots of "natural" juices have no added sugars but tons of apple and grape juices and they are very high in sugar. Just like maple syrup.
