[lolinder]

> E.g. look at how "added sugar" is distinct from other carbohydrates but no "total sugar" metric on nutritional boxes on food products.

I had to go check a few labels to be sure, but this is absolutely not true in the US—each nutrition label has a "total sugars" category that additionally breaks out the added sugars from the total sugar.

See the example on this page [0], and discussion of the sugars lines here [1]. Also see this PDF showing the differences in the 2018 nutrition facts label from the old one [2], which clearly shows total sugars have been there in at least the last two iterations.

Maybe you're thinking of the fact that there's no daily value listed?

[0] https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-education-resources-mater...

[1] https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-facts-label/added-sugars-...

[2] https://www.fda.gov/media/99331/download