Why isn there a sugar level in the nutrient criteria? Is there an added sugar limit if a product still meets the energy criteria?
The ‘Occasional Food Criteria’ does not include a total sugar criteria. To keep the criteria as simple as possible and to ensure that foods containing naturally occurring sugars such as dairy products and fruit were not disadvantaged, no specific sugar criteria have been included. However, by setting a limit on the total kilojoule content of the product, the amount of sugar that can be added is limited.
