Does Health Check consider sugar when evaluating products?
Until recently, Health Check did not have sugar criteria, because there are no accepted scientific national or international limits we could use to establish criteria. But we know that Canadians are concerned about sugar in foods, and the latest Food Guide recommended limiting sugar intake, so Health Check has added sugar criteria that call for reductions of 25% for food categories noted in Canada’s Food Guide as potentially higher sources of added sugar: cereals, muffins and snack breads, grain-based bars, cookies, and sorbet and fruit bars. These criteria will help us work with companies to reduce the sugar in foods that meet our other nutrient criteria.
