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Palm Sugar

Low concern

Palm sugar is a less-refined sugar primarily composed of sucrose. Like all added sugars, it contributes to caloric intake and dental caries when consumed in excess.

Found in
157 products

What it is

Sugar produced from the sap of palm trees (typically coconut, palmyra, or date palm), boiled and crystallized.

Sweetener.

Why it's flagged

What regulators actually say

"Diets high in added sugars are linked to chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes and heart disease."

"Sugars, granulated — composition data."

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Sugar; GRAS

European Union — EFSA

Permitted nutritive sweetener

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