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Sugar Association responds to FDA’s proposed rule on front-of-package nutrition labeling

January 14, 2025

January 14, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – The following reaction statement is attributable to Sugar Association President and CEO Courtney Gaine, PhD, RD: “The Sugar Association supports transparency, but this draft label offers only the illusion of transparency – it entirely leaves out total calories and the use of industrial additives like artificial sweeteners. In fact, […]

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Sugar Association responds to release of FDA’s final rule on the definition of ‘healthy’

December 19, 2024

December 19, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) – The following reaction statement is attributable to Sugar Association President and CEO Courtney Gaine, PhD, RD: “The Sugar Association supports the Dietary Guidelines recommendation to limit added sugars to 10% of total calories, but the new “healthy” definition goes well beyond that recommendation and arbitrarily excludes many foods containing […]

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Sugar Association responds to release of 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report

December 10, 2024

December 10, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) – Americans feel more confident about managing their sugar intake when they know the Dietary Guidelines recommendation to limit added sugars to less than 10% of their total calories, and the Sugar Association welcomes the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) reaffirmation of that guideline. The added sugars guideline is a […]

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Policy, GLP-1 drugs challenge sugar industry

March 10, 2025

“The food industry, and sugar in particular, is dealing with an ever-changing environment that includes the impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and new government policies along with rising costs, tariffs and other challenges, including Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) efforts and the MAHA Caucus, according to speakers on a Nutrition Policies and Trends panel at […]

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Many Menus at Chelsea Market Celebrate National Oreo Day, March 6

March 4, 2025

“Despite our exhaustive look through the 1912 record books (and mind you, we’ve been known to go as far as four pages into a Google search), we couldn’t find any invention or discovery that could claim a greater, more lasting impact than the one set to be celebrated nationwide on Thursday, March 6. That’s the […]

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Gaine: MAHA remains powerful because Republicans want votes

February 26, 2025

“The Make America Healthy Again movement that propelled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become Health and Human Services secretary will remain powerful because Republicans believe MAHA voters gave President Trump a margin of victory and they want MAHA votes in the 2026 midterm elections, Courtney Gaine, president and CEO of The Sugar Association, said here […]

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