Food labels and nutrition facts: What do they really mean?
Nutrition Facts panel: Sugars = 14 g
What’s sugar doing in your soup? A glance at the ingredients reveals there is cane sugar in this soup, however, it’s fairly low on the ingredients list. Some of the sugars are coming from the natural sugars in tomatoes. For example, ½ cup of puréed tomatoes contains about 6 grams of natural tomato sugars. New Nutrition Facts labeling required by July 2018 will specify the amount of “Added Sugars” from refined sweeteners, which will make it easier to determine if sugars are added or natural.