Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Bernstein, Jodi T ^a   Schermel, Alyssa ^a   Mills, Christine M ^b   L’Abbé, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food composition; Food supply; Free sugar; Nutrition labelling; Policy; Public health; Sugars

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAD; CANADIAN; CATERING SERVICE; DAIRY PRODUCT; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FREE SUGAR CONTENT; PREPACKAGED FOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOTAL SUGAR CONTENT;

EID: 84989344901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8090582     Document Type: Article

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