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Concentrated Date Juice

Low concern

Concentrated date juice is essentially a fruit-based sugar source (mostly fructose and glucose). FDA classifies this as added sugar on Nutrition Facts labels.

Found in

37 products

What it is

A natural sweetener produced by extracting and concentrating juice from dates.

Natural sweetener and humectant.

Why it's flagged

Functions as added sugar

What regulators actually say

"Added sugars include sugars that are added during the processing of foods... and includes sugars from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices."

21 CFR 101.9(c)(6)(iii) — ecfr.gov

"Added sugars include sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices that are in excess of what would be expected."

FDA Added Sugars — fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Counts as added sugar per 21 CFR 101.9

European Union — EFSA

Classified as sugars under EU labeling rules

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