India will impose a limit on the amount of sugar that mills can hold at the end of September and October, the food minister said on Thursday, as the government tries to keep prices under check ahead of key festivals when demand rises…READ MORE
KEEP READINGConfectionery items are set to become dearer in the run up to the festival season, driven up primarily by higher sugar prices, said food industry executives…READ MORE
KEEP READINGThe federal government’s decision to update food labels last month marked a sea change for consumers: For the first time, beginning in 2018, nutrition labels will be required to list a breakdown of both the total sugars and the added sugars in packaged foods. But is sugar really that bad for you? And is the sugar added to foods really more harmful than the sugars found naturally in foods?…READ MORE
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