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Sugar Free(What does it legally mean )

bangkokdiabetic

bangkokdiabetic

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My wife went to M&S here in Bangkok looking for Brandy Crème which she like this time of year (did not find it) but bought

M&S sugar free Butterscotch Drops for me. On reading the label with a magnifying glass it says of which sugars 0.3 g

Now I am an old fart. but Sugar Free means No Sugar none zilch etc. now Minimal Sugar would be more to the point.

I Love the butterscotch and recommend them to any one with a sweet tooth. But since our B.S meters can vary by 20% I wondered what latitude food/nutritional info really meant ??

whilst here Less Sugar Reduced Sugar less than what reduced from what I want to know is How Much percentage is sugar I do not weigh my food .I judge by eye and use my meter and adjust

Have a great Holiday everyone
 
I've often believed that sugar free means that there has been no additional sugar added to what is already found in the natural ingredients of a product....

Confusing though....
 
My experience of No Sugar Added was confusing a street stall here in Bangkok was selling SUGAR FREE FRESHLY SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE Thinking I had discovered the secret of life I asked the Stall holder how he removed the sugar and found out that he really meant No Added Sugar surprise surprise.
The sign was in English so lost in translation M&S state there is some sugar in a product promoting itself as sugar free

No Added Sugar Interesting but I still would like to be told how much Sugar even in some cases an average amount would be helpful
 
bangkokdiabetic said:
My wife went to M&S here in Bangkok looking for Brandy Crème which she like this time of year (did not find it) but bought
M&S sugar free Butterscotch Drops for me. On reading the label with a magnifying glass it says of which sugars 0.3 g
Now I am an old fart. but Sugar Free means No Sugar none zilch etc. now Minimal Sugar would be more to the point.
I Love the butterscotch and recommend them to any one with a sweet tooth. But since our B.S meters can vary by 20% I wondered what latitude food/nutritional info really meant ??
whilst here Less Sugar Reduced Sugar less than what reduced from what I want to know is How Much percentage is sugar I do not weigh my food .I judge by eye and use my meter and adjust
Have a great Holiday everyone
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It seems there is technically an answer to this for the UK at least, not sure how it works where you are:

"SUGAR-FREE
A claim that a food is sugar-free, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be made where the product contains no more than 0,5 g of sugar per 100 g or 100 ml."

From EU legislation which the UK is currently bound to:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R1924
 
Remember that even meat contains some suger! The double cream in my fridge that we all consider to be "low carb" contains 1.6g per 100g of suger.
 
Even products with sugar alcohol is consider sugar free, but it will still spike your bs.So never trust the sugar free label.
 
Not all sugar alcohols spike everyones sugars - it seems to vary a fair bit
From the research Ive done online, Erythritol appears to have no impact on most peoples sugar, Xylitol is next best while sorbitol, manlitol etc have much more common negative effects on blood sugars and digestion
 
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