SC - American sugar consumption

[Christine Seelye-King]

Thanks for all of this, I am currently searching (and have 40 pages of
research compiled) the question "What is sugar?" for our upcoming
discussions on our Product Policy of the Health Food Cooperative I work for
and have just been re-elected to the Board of.  I will add these stats to
the stuff I have, which is all just so much sweetness and light.
Christianna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Decker, Terry D.
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: 'sca-cooks at ansteorra.org'
> Subject: RE: SC - American sugar consumption
>
>
> The 125 lbs is the amount of sugar of all types sold in the U.S. in 1984.
> In 1998 this figure was 156 lbs per person.  And in May, 2000, it was
> reported by the Center for Science in the Public Interest that the figure
> was 158 lbs per person.   These figures are probably derived from
> U.S. Dept.
> of Agriculture gross sales reports.
>
> http://www.findarticles.com/m0813/7_26/55669615/p1/article.jhtml
>
> The CSPI uses these figures to criticize the sugar industry for increased
> consumption, which is reported in the newspapers and is probably
> the common
> source for these figures.
>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/153/editorials/Sugar_coated_guid
elines+.sh
tml

Which gets the FDA to consider sugar labeling.

http://www.cspinet.org/new/fda_sugarlabeling.html

And draws the response from the Sugar Association that the CSPI figures are
misleading and that even the CSPI report admits that, "The actual amount
people consume is considerably less."  SAI places sugar consumption at 64
lbs per person, based on a USDA study.

http://www.sugar.org/scoop/pressreleaseMay25.html

http://www.sugar.org/scoop/consumption.html

So take your pick.

Bear


> I'm not sure
> where the folks that wrote the text got those exact figures,
> but in doing
> research on sugars, I have run across similar stats.
> Christianna



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