Naturally Unnecessary Members of the U.S. Congress representing honey and maple syrup producers have added language to appropriations legislation that would bar the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) from categorizing the addition of these two sweeteners as “added” sugars on food product nutrition labels. They claim that these are “natural” forms of sugar and that consumers want “pure” products. Sugar beets, sugarcane and corn (syrup) are also likely natural products, and the FDA has long allowed packaging to say “pure cane sugar.” Honey and maple syrup, the latter called maple “sugar” when all the water is removed, claim to have more nutrients than just sugar. However, the minu...