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“Sugar-free foods” are not completely sugar-free

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2015-01-12

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In recent years, with the improvement of living standards, the concept of healthy eating has gradually become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Some citizens have begun to pursue "sugar-free foods", thinking that sugar-free foods can be eaten at will. However, food nutrition experts told reporters that so-called "sugar-free foods" are not necessarily sugar-free, and consumers still need to recognize the labels and consume them in moderation.

　　In recent years, with the improvement of living standards, the concept of healthy eating has gradually become deeply rooted in people's hearts. Some citizens have begun to pursue "sugar-free foods", thinking that sugar-free foods can be eaten at will. However, food nutrition experts told reporters that so-called "sugar-free foods" are not necessarily sugar-free, and consumers still need to understand the labels and consume them in moderation.

　　Last weekend, reporters visited some supermarkets and found that various "sugar-free biscuits" and "sugar-free oatmeal" were placed in the most prominent places on the shelves of biscuits, oatmeal, and other foods. Reporters noticed that many consumers would deliberately look for "sugar-free" foods when purchasing, especially women, who almost only recognized "sugar-free". Ms. Xu, a citizen, told reporters that health is the most important factor in her choice of food. "I'm losing weight myself, and my parents have high blood sugar, so our whole family only eats sugar-free foods." When the reporter asked Ms. Xu whether she knew that sugar-free foods are not necessarily sugar-free, Ms. Xu shook her head, "It should be sugar-free, I didn't look closely at the packaging label."

　　Nutrition experts told reporters that "sugar-free" generally refers to sweet foods that do not contain sucrose (cane sugar and beet sugar), glucose, maltose, and fructose. According to the national standard "General Rules for Labeling of Prepackaged Special Dietary Foods", "sugar-free" means that the sugar content in solid or liquid foods is not more than 0.5 grams per 100 grams or 100 milliliters, not completely sugar-free.

　　Experts remind citizens not to be misled by the slogans of "sugar-free foods", especially diabetics, who should carefully identify food labels and carefully check the ingredient list to confirm what kind of sweetener has replaced the relevant sugars. Some foods, although labeled "sugar-free", have maltose, white sugar, or glucose on their ingredient list, which is essentially "the same thing in a different package."

　　Fan Zhihong, associate professor of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, said that taking oatmeal as an example, many consumers choose to buy oatmeal that is claimed to be "without added sucrose" or even "sugar-free", but most of the time they buy products made with "maltose syrup" instead of sucrose, or a combination of "dextrin + sweetener". Whether it is maltose syrup or dextrin, it will raise blood sugar levels even faster than sucrose, and there are absolutely no health advantages in terms of nutrient content.

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