In a lawsuit seeking class action status in California state court, Jessica Gomez alleges that Jelly Belly’s “Sport Beans,” which are touted as containing electrolytes and vitamins, “contain more sugar than she thought,” and that the ingredient list resorted to the euphemism “evaporated cane juice” to describe the sweetener. [John O’Brien and Sara McCleary, Legal Newsline]
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A few years ago the FDA came out with an advisory paper saying manufacturers should not use “evaporated cane juice” on labels. They have since followed that up with another non-binding advisory:
https://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulatoryinformation/labelingnutrition/ucm181491.htm
Part of the thinking somewhat fits in with being “overlawyered.” The FDA says that “juice” can only come from vegetables and fruits and sugar cane is a grass. (One would think that juice is juice, but I guess not.)