As people are increasingly getting diet conscious, manufacturers prefer using organic cane sugar for various food products as the
table sugar adds to the calories.
- Artificial sweeteners are many times sweeter than
table sugar, but it has energy density far lower than
table sugar.
Regardless of the argument as to whether honey has many health benefits over
table sugar, many consumers are being misled by claims about honey.
honey CONSUMERS are being misled by food packaging claims into thinking that honey is a healthy alternative to
table sugar, Action on Sugar warned.
Products boasting honey as an ingredient can still contain up to 25 times more
table sugar or other syrups, Action on Sugar said.
The increase in imports came amidst a 14 percent decline in local production."Sugar imported in JanuaryMarch 2019 totalled 113,516 tonnes against 49,445 tonnes in the same period last year, a 130 percent increase, attributed to low
table sugar imports in 2018 due to huge stocks of cheap duty-free sugar in 2017," said the directorate.
"The latest data suggests that allulose is different from other sugars in that it is not metabolized by the human body in the same way as
table sugar," FDA food-safety official Susan Mayne said in a statement.
In April, Uganda and Tanzania claimed Kenyan confectioneries took advantage of mismanagement of a one year zero-rate duty remission scheme for
table sugar from last July to ship in industrial sugar.
Sucraid can help improve the breakdown and absorption of sucrose (
table sugar) from the intestine and can help relieve the gastrointestinal symptoms of CSID.
Two common sugars most people know about and consume regularly are white
table sugar and corn syrup or high-fructose corn syrup