Since health-conscious customers may be wary when it comes to food labels, the weight falls to food producers to make sure unmarked or falsely displayed additives (like the infamous sugar and salt) don’t crop up to turn consumers away. While there are some who campaign against sugar in the United States, the Dutch Minister of Health has taken a stand in his country against sweet stuff.
Paul Van Der Velpen, doesn’t just believe that sugar consumption is hazardous to the health but also that it is “a drug,” and should be treated with appropriate seriousness by the government and the public, as the Telegraph reported.
“This may seem exaggerated and far-fetched, but sugar is the most dangerous drug of the times and can still be easily acquired everywhere,” Van Der Velpen said in a press release.
According to a story that appeared recently in National Geographic, the average American ingests “more than 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day.” While it’s one thing to overtly tell or warn your consumers of the sugar they are about to consume, there’s high amounts in certain foods that could go unnoticed.
Even if Van Der Velpen and similarly minded people don’t get their way, it could be a good idea for food companies to keep an eye on the sugar content in their products that may not be obvious to others.
Using a color label printer, businesses can consider their options fully and perhaps hit upon ideas for labels that allow them to please consumers and government regulations.
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