According to the relevant requirements of the General Principles for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods of the National Food Safety Standards, if a food label claims "low sugar", the sugar content of the food cannot exceed 5 grams per 100 grams or 100 milliliters; if it claims "no sugar", the requirements are even higher, and the sugar content cannot exceed 0.5 grams per 100 grams or 100 milliliters. If it is claimed to be "sugar-free", the requirement is even higher, with the sugar content not exceeding 0.5 grams per 100 grams or 100 milliliters.

Consumers can judge this by verifying that the sugar content in the nutrition facts table on the label meets the requirements.?

The internationally accepted concept is that sugar-free food cannot incorporate sucrose and sugars derived from starch hydrolysates, including glucose, maltose, fructose, starch syrup, glucose syrup, fructose syrup, and so on. However, it must contain alternatives corresponding to sugar, generally using sugar alcohols or oligosaccharides and other sweetener varieties that do not raise blood sugar can replace sucrose.

Extended information

"Low-sugar food" or "sugar-free food" although no added sucrose and other refined sugar, but may be added by the processing of fructose and glucose from fructose glucose syrup, starch syrup, wheat germ syrup and other sweeteners. Syrup, starch syrup, maltose syrup, maltose, etc., the efficiency of its make people fat and sucrose is comparable to the efficiency of elevating blood sugar may be more efficient, such as maltose.

In addition, some sugar-free food is the main ingredient of grain and cereals, such as sugar-free dumplings, sugar-free pastries, etc., which are rich in starch, will still be converted into glucose in the intestine to be absorbed and utilized, and if you eat too much of them, it will affect the blood glucose.

This is the first time that a person has eaten a lot of food.

And those who boast of the efficacy of sugar "sugar-free food" is not to be trusted. Because, food is not allowed to add any drug ingredients, want to eat "sugar-free food" to lower blood sugar is not desirable, for this kind of publicity must be vigilant.

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