Are You Being Fooled by Sugar?

Sugar wars: Who has the right to call an ingredient sugar?

Sugar Factory

TINA.org investigated Sugar Factory as part of its larger investigation into deceptive social media influencer marketing. To learn more, click here.

Sugarhigh Lovestoned

Sugar Bear Hair

Sugar Babies candy

Popsugar

Plum Pretty Sugar

FDA Makes Sugar Count More Transparent

Tallying up added sugars wasn’t easy.

Chobani Less Sugar Greek Yogurt

What Chobani means when it says its yogurt has 45 percent less sugar than “other yogurts.”

Chobani Less Sugar Greek Yogurts

Allegations: Deceptively marketing yogurts as containing “45% Less Sugar Than Other Yogurts” when the company excludes other similar yogurts that contain non-nutritive sweeteners from the comparison and, when these types…

Smartwatches, Smart Rings Marketed to Measure Blood Sugar

FDA warns consumers that devices cannot be trusted to give accurate blood sugar measurements.

Boxes of Junior Mints and Sugar Babies

Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled boxes for Junior Mints and Sugar Babies

RxSugar

Allegations: Falsely advertising the nutrient content and health benefits of products

Chobani Zero Sugar Yogurt

Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain zero sugar

Boxes of Junior Mints® and Sugar Babies®

Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging for candies

Trident Sugar Free Gum

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Sugar Free Gum With Xylitol”

Theater Boxes of Junior Mints and Sugar Babies

Allegations: Deceptively using slack-filled packaging

Quaker Oats Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal

Werther’s Original Sugar Free Chew Caramels

Whole Foods 365 Everyday Plain Greek Yogurt Sugar Claims