The example you give is one of the obvious failures of the added sugar approach, there are others. Total sugar needs to be shown. As far as excess calories, diabetes and tooth decay go its all sugar.
We already have foods that are sweetened with fruit extracts and drinks high in fruit juice sugar, often aimed at children, labelled as ‘natural’ we should not set up rules that encourage more deception.
Canned fruit is often in ‘natural juice’ and could squeak in as having no added sugar, depending on the definition. The juice is frequently pear juice which is just as sweet as if it was sucrose syrup from cane or beet sugar. The exact sugars may be different but the main point is to deal simply with the total sugar consumption of the population not to get lost in details of sucrose vs fructose etc.
I was disappointed that so many of the Choice options refer to added sugar and the one that doesn’t (6) is not clear until you read the FAQ.
