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>I'm miffed about all the products in grocery stores lately that loudly proclaim "Zero Sugar" yet their first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup.

Example?

The US FDA explicitly gives you wiggle room to label something with less than 0.5g sugar per serving as "Zero Sugar"

This means that TicTacs, a product which is a sugar tablet with some flavor, can be "Zero Sugar"