Is brown sugar exempt because it contains molasses?
No. It remains in the added refined sugar category. A household can allow-list it.
Added refined sugars
Brown sugar
Brown sugar printed as its own ingredient.
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What the label is naming
Brown sugar is sucrose with molasses left in or added back. It gets its own page so the highlight covers both words. It is still in the added refined sugar category. Brown rice syrup is a different ingredient and does not overlap this phrase.
Where it hides
Cookies, barbecue sauce, oatmeal packets, and bacon cures. It may appear beside regular sugar; both can match on separate spans.
Names and codes
- Brown sugar
Aisles to check
- Cookies
- Barbecue sauce
- Oatmeal
- Bacon
Label-reading tips
- The highlight covers both words, not only sugar.
- Brown rice syrup is a different page.
Check a label for Brown sugar
Paste an ingredient list. This checker looks only for Brown sugar. It does not score the rest of the food.
Questions
Does brown rice syrup overlap brown sugar?
No. They are different phrases and different pages.