Nearly 80% of processed foods contain added sugar, according to the new report from the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety. The health agency reviewed 54,000 products that could be found in supermarkets between 2008 and 2020.
On the labels, they are identifiable under the names "aspartame", "dextrose", but the most common is "sucrose" which is also commonly called "table sugar". It is present in 58% ofprocessed foods.