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Whole Cane Sugar
Whole Cane Sugar
Low concern
Whole cane sugar is a sucrose-based sweetener nutritionally similar to refined sugar. Excessive added sugar intake is associated with weight gain, type 2 diabetes risk, and dental caries.
Found in
85 products
What it is
Unrefined or minimally refined sugar from sugarcane (e.g., panela, jaggery, rapadura), retaining molasses.
Sweetener, browning, texture.
Why it's flagged
- added sugar; contributes to dental caries and metabolic disease at high intake
What regulators actually say
"Limit foods and beverages higher in added sugars... Less than 10 percent of calories per day from added sugars starting at age 2."
"WHO recommends a reduced intake of free sugars throughout the lifecourse to less than 10% of total energy intake."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS as a food
European Union — EFSA
Permitted as food
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