Evaporated Cane Juice
Evaporated cane juice is functionally and nutritionally sugar. FDA explicitly advised industry in 2016 that the term is not the common or usual name and should be replaced with 'sugar' or 'cane sugar'.
What it is
A sweetener produced by evaporating sugar cane juice; chemically nearly identical to sucrose. FDA considers the term misleading and asks manufacturers to use 'sugar' or 'cane sugar'.
Sweetener.
Why it's flagged
- added sugar
- misleading labeling per FDA guidance
What regulators actually say
"FDA's view is that the term 'evaporated cane juice' is not the common or usual name of any type of sweetener. Sweeteners derived from sugar cane syrup should not be listed in the ingredient declaration as 'evaporated cane juice'."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
FDA guidance (2016) — should be labeled as 'sugar'
European Union — EFSA
Authorized as sugar/sucrose
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