Posted on 05/03/2018 7:13:43 AM PDT by Michamilton
EAST MONTPELIER Producers of pure maple syrup and honey arent sweet on a plan to label their pure natural products as containing added sugars.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be requiring updated nutrition labels for products that are expected to say that pure maple syrup and honey contain added sugars, which the producers and officials say is misleading and confusing and could hurt their industries.
"There are no added sugars. Maple is a pure product," said U.S. Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, the top maple producing state in the country.
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Hee hee, you are correct Thats pretty funny!
A bunch of morons...Maple Syrup does not have added sugar...it been used as a sweetener by the Indians...100% Maple syrup does add sugar...pancake syrup (Maple flavored corn syrup) adds sugar...
My friend, who checks his blood sugar, can use agave and maple syrup mixed and it doesn’t spike his glucose level.
That prop 43 law is something else...I read it on something that is poisonous...I see it on everything that you shouldn’t eat...How much does it cost the consumers with that moronic label????!!!!
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