Caramel Sauce
Caramel sauce is concentrated added sugar (often combined with dairy fat); calorie-dense. Like other added sugars, excessive intake is linked to weight gain, cardiometabolic risk, and dental caries.
What it is
Sweet sauce made by heating sugar (often with cream and butter) until caramelized.
Sweetener, topping.
Why it's flagged
- added sugar
- saturated fat from cream/butter
- promotes dental caries
What regulators actually say
"WHO recommends a reduced intake of free sugars throughout the lifecourse... reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake."
"Added sugars... include sugars that are added during the processing of foods... and sugars from syrups and honey."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS as a sugar/sweetener mixture; counts as Added Sugars per 21 CFR 101.9.
European Union — EFSA
Authorized; counts as free sugar under EU dietary guidance.
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