“Sugar-free foods” is not “sugar-free food.”
Binzhou Media Network – Lubei Evening News With the continuous improvement of living standards, growing a healthy diet, “sugar-free food” as a widely spread health food by the majority of consumers, particularly by patients with diabetes strongly sought after. But how to buy real “sugar-free food”, have to look carefully, carefully pick.
According to the Consumers Association of Wudi county staff said, some consumers intended to buy “sugar-free” food, and finally because of the sales promotion misled into buying the “no sugar” food, but such complaints are often due to commodity “no sugar” words clearly marked, there is not carefully review the consumer’s own fault reason, the mediation has mostly returned, or consumers for other purposes trouble.
Staff pointed out that in our country, is sugar-free foods are generally contain sugar (cane sugar and beet sugar) and glucose, maltose, fructose and other sweet foods, but sugar-free food should contain sugar alcohols (including xylitol, sorbitol , maltitol, mannitol) and other alternatives. According to the national standard “pre-packaged food labels for special dietary uses General,” provides that “sugar-free” requirement refers to the solid or liquid food per 100 g or 100 ml of sugar content not more than 0.5 grams. Simply mark “no sugar” does not mean that “sugar-free.”
To remind consumers to buy “sugar-free food” be sure to keep their eyes open, must be optimistic about whether the label above the list of ingredients “sugar-free food” standards; the same time, businesses also must be honesty, truthfully inform the consumer who the real situation of the commodity, not to mislead the consumer.