date:May 27, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration said that in its view sweeteners derived from sugar cane, including those derived from sugar cane syrup, should not be called evaporated cane juice on food labels. Instead, the ingredients should be declared as sugar, preceded by one or more truthful, non-misleading descriptors if the manufacturer so chooses, according to F.D.A. guidance entitled Ingredients Declared as Evaporated Cane Juice.
The F.D.A. guidance is not mandatory.
The guidance represents