Table 1 Added sugar definitions and distinctions from various agencies
From: Are restrictive guidelines for added sugars science based?
Food and Drug Agency (FDA) Proposed Nutrition Facts Label [3] | Mono- and disaccharides added to foods during production including: sugars, syrups, fruit juice concentrates, honey, etc. |
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choose MyPlate [2] | Sugars added during processing and preparation. Includes: sugars, syrups, honey, nectars, etc. |
Excludes: fruit juice and fruit juice concentrates | |
World Health Organization (WHO) Free Sugar Guidelines [4] | Mono- and disaccharides added to foods during processing or by the consumer during preparation. Includes: Sugars, syrups, honey, fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate. |
Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee [8] | Sugars, syrups, isolated naturally occurring sugars (ex: fruit juice concentrate) and other caloric sweeteners |