California Growers Work to Eliminate Added Sugar from America’s Diets
Every day, we open our newspapers, trade publications, health journals and other forms of electronic communications. And every day, there is at least one story that lays the blame for America’s obesity and Type 2 diabetes epidemic on the demon: Sugar. But not all sugars are being blamed; it’s the added sugar that gets placed into foods unbeknownst to the average consumer who is not reading their food labels.
Witness the recent 60 Minutes feature by Dr. Sanjay Gupta titled “Is Sugar Toxic?” There is a growing movement in the U.S. to regulate sugar in a manner similar to alcohol and tobacco, because many believe it is just as addictive to humans as those two substances. Those of us in the baking industry need to be mindful of this issue and address it where it makes sense.