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Total Sugars 1 article
On Nutrition Facts panels, Total Sugars combines naturally occurring and added mono- and disaccharides in a serving of food. Fruit sugars, milk lactose, and sugars added during formulation can all contribute to the same total, so two products with similar Total Sugars values may have very different ingredient lists. The line is distinct from Added Sugars: Total Sugars has no separate Daily Value on the U.S. panel, and a product can contain natural sugar even when no sugar ingredient was added.