美国食品公司通过"成分分割"技术操纵标签误导消费者

美国食品生产商正在使用一种被称为"成分分割"的技术来改变产品标签上的成分排列顺序。1这种做法以Smuckers草莓果酱为典型案例，企业将糖分人为分成三种不同名称的成分，使得每一种单独的糖类成分重量都相对较轻，从而在成分表中让草莓排名首位，制造出产品主要由草莓组成的虚假印象。1然而实际上，该产品的主要成分仍然是糖。1

尽管这种成分分割手段在法律上被美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）允许使用，但因其系统性地误导消费者而遭到批评。1类似的策略至少已被十种流行的美国食品产品采用。1

American food manufacturers are employing a technique known as "ingredient splitting" to manipulate the order in which components appear on product labels 1. By dividing a single ingredient—such as sugar—into multiple chemically distinct forms, companies ensure that each individual component weighs less than others, allowing a more desirable ingredient to be listed first 1. This strategy creates a misleading impression of product composition for consumers 1.

Smucker's strawberry jam exemplifies this approach 1. The company splits sugar into three separate ingredients, each lighter in weight than the strawberry content, so strawberries appear as the primary ingredient on the label 1. In reality, sugar remains the dominant component of the product 1. While the FDA permits this labeling practice, it has drawn criticism for systematically deceiving consumers about what they are purchasing 1. The technique is not isolated to a single manufacturer; at least ten popular American food products employ the same ingredient-splitting strategy 1.