[notfed]

Adding "fiber" in the results (and changing "carbs" to "net carbs") would help.

I never understood the motive of highlighting "added sugar" though. Who cares if it's considered "added" or not? I recently was browsing the cranberry juice section at a grocery store, and without going into detail, it was obvious that some brands are gaming the definition of "added". Also, many natural sugar sources have unhealthy levels of sugar. Perhaps a metric like sugar density or caloric density would be more useful.

[lbotos]

It’s a successful propaganda campaign. There are many people that wrongly believe that “natural sugars” are somehow better/more nutritious. (My mother is one, and eats way too much fruit and fruit juice because “it’s natural!”)

[getwiththeprog]

natural sugars come with free vitamins and minerals.

but sure, you can have too much natural sugars.

[gloryjulio]

Yep. Any site do this instantly lost credibility to me. Total carbs is total carbs. If they can't do basic cico it's misleading

[Zelphyr]

There’s a lot of nutrition label gaming going on these days. It’s my understanding that the nutrition label is mostly enforced on the honor system so, probably easy to game.

[aio2]

Added sugar doesn't have as many nutrients, and is absorbed by the body much more quickly.

[kamikaz1k]

this is not true, sugar is sugar* -- what matters is how it is consumed, not how it is added. if sugar is consumed with a lot of fibers then it will be absorbed slower by your intenstines. the same fruit consumed as juice or whole fruit impacts how the sugar is absorbed.

[1] sugar is actually multiple sugars, and different sugars (glucose vs fructose vs sucrose) - https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/sucrose-glucose-fructos...

[aio2]

But, in general, processed sugar has the effects I mentioned, because it is added.

[notfed]

> Added sugar doesn't have as many nutrients

Most overweight people (the audience of a calorie counting app) don't need more nutrients, they need less calories. Besides, fruit is a really poor source of vitamins/minerals in general, so this is a weak ground to stand on.

> [added sugar is] absorbed by the body much more quickly.

You're using circular logic.