FSSAI forces The Whole Truth to drop 'no added sugar' claim on date-sweetened range

A show-cause notice from FSSAI has pushed clean-label D2C brand The Whole Truth to swap 'no added sugar' labels for 'sweetened with dates' across its date-based snacks. The move tightens enforcement of sweetener-claim norms and puts other clean-label challengers leaning on natural sugars on notice.

— Filed Wed, 27 May, 2026, 17:13 IST · Source Moneycontrol · Updated

FSSAI show-cause notice forces D2C clean-label snack brand The Whole Truth to drop 'no added sugar' claims on date-sweetened products, replacing them with 'sweetened with dates' on packaging to comply with sweetener-claim norms.