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FDA to Determine What Low-Carb Means
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 15, 2004 04:13pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Monday, March 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | FDA to Determine What Low-Carb Means
The Honolulu Advertiser
Food makers are jockeying for grocery shelf space in the low-carb craze, touting everything from salad dressing to ice cream to low-carbohydrate Easter chocolate. Here's the catch: How companies count carbohydrates varies widely. While some significantly cut carbohydrates, others promoted as reduced-carb actually cut only a single gram per serving yet cost more.
Now the Food and Drug Administration is about to determine just how many carbohydrates are allowed for a food to advertise itself as low- or reduced-carb, and exactly how manufacturers should count the grams.
Grocery Manufacturers of America, the trade group representing most major brands, has petitioned FDA to define low-carb as 9 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams of food, a typical serving. CSPI wants low-carb defined as 6 grams per serving, and for "reduced carb" foods to have at least 25 percent fewer carbohydrates than original versions. |
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