The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed a supplemental rule updating the pending revision of Nutrition Facts Labels. The proposal adds a Daily Value for intake of "added sugars" (sugars not naturally occurring in any specific food) as10 of total calories per person per day (or 50 grams, based on recommendations by a number of expert panels from government, academia and consumer organizations).We assume "added sugars" to be the sum of all nonlactose mono- (DPI), disaccha-rides (DP2) and smaller saccharides. There is no consideration (as yet) related to the caloric content of individual "added sugars" which can vary greatiy (0.2 to 4.0 calories per gram.) A key point, but argumentative for now.
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