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How can Os-Cal Chewable claim to be “sugar free” when sucrose is clearly listed as one of the inactive ingredients?

April 26, 2017chewable claim ingredients os-cal sucrose

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How can Os-Cal Chewable claim to be “sugar free” when sucrose is clearly listed as one of the inactive ingredients?

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The product contains a dietarily insignificant amount of sucrose. The actual amount of sugar in the Os-Cal® Chewable tablets is 0.46 g per tablet (sucrose .002 g, isomalt .052 g and sorbitol .409 g), which is under the .5g threshold established by the FDA that permits a “no sugar” claim.