SPAIN IMPLEMENTS ADDED SUGAR BAN FOR FRUIT JUICES
October 2nd, 2013
SPAIN has banned added sugar from fruit juices and nectars effective October 28, 2013 in line with the European Union (EU) juices directive 2012/12/EU. New rules for making, labelling, presenting and advertising juices and similar products also require identifying the amount of individual juices within mixtures.It is a major challenge and opportunity, said Juan Ramón Ugarte, president of Asozumos, the Spanish Juice Manufacturers' Association and managing director of Juver Alimentación, Spain’s leading juices and nectars manufacturer. “It will force (the ...
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