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Can a product with "0g sugar" contain lactose?
Updated: I am severely lactose intolerant, so I strictly avoid lactose in my diet. Unfortunately, there is no lactose free label1.
Firstly, is lactose including in the analysis of “Total Sugar” on an FDA mandated nutrition label? The Food Labeling section of the Code of Federal Regulations states that: “Total sugars shall be defined as the sum of all free mono- and disaccharides (such as glucose, fructose, lactose, and sucrose).” Most reference servings are around 100 grams, so “it may have up to feta levels of lactose” is the maximum precision you’ll get for most foods labeled “0g sugar”.
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