Yuan Qi Forest Company recently declared that its product is advertised as "0 sucrose", but it is not sugar-free. After the news came out, Yuan Qi Forest was considered as "man-made". A few days ago, Henan retail giant Pang Donglai removed the products related to Yuan Qisenlin, and the clerk also removed the relevant shelf labels, and his products were also piled on a cart.

Yuan Qi forest milk tea coffee latte claims that sugar-free food, sugar-free food ≠ sugar-free, but includes foods without sugar or with a total sugar content of less than 5‰. The story apologizes. 0 sucrose is not equal to 0 sugar, and 0 sugar may be 0 sucrose. Because nutritional disaccharides include lactose, sucrose and maltose.

China's "General Rules for Nutrition Labeling in prepackaged foods" and the relevant regulations of its Q&A show that the "sugar" marked on the product packaging refers to monosaccharide and disaccharide, and the statement of "sugar-free" only needs to meet the corresponding conditions, that is, the sugar content per 100g food (solid) does not exceed 0.5g

In other words, sugar-free foods are sugar-free, but include foods that do not contain sugar or have a total sugar content of less than 5‰.

In addition, some sugar-free foods that need to be brewed into liquid for consumption can also be declared as "sugar-free" if the sugar content does not exceed 0.5g/ 100mL (usually the premise of declaring sugar-free will be indicated).

Therefore, when purchasing sugar-free food, we should not only look at the word "sugar-free", but also look at the sugar content in the nutrition label.