Sugar Alcohols: No FDA Daily Value
Sugar alcohol has no FDA Daily Value. Listing it is voluntary unless a related line or a claim requires it.
Key facts
- All groups
- No Daily Value
- On the label
- Voluntary
- Label rounding
- Regulation: 0 below 0.5 g · nearest 1 g above
About sugar alcohol
Sugar alcohols are voluntary, stated in grams per serving. They must be declared when the label makes a claim about sugar alcohol or total sugars, or about added sugars when the food contains sugar alcohols.
Questions about sugar alcohol
Does sugar alcohol have a Daily Value?
No. Sugar alcohol has no FDA Daily Value and is voluntary on the Nutrition Facts label.
How are sugar alcohols rounded on a Nutrition Facts label?
Sugar alcohol content shall be indented and expressed to the nearest gram, except that if a serving contains less than 1 gram, the statement "Contains less than 1 gram" or "less than 1 gram" may be used as an alternative, and if the serving contains less than 0.5 gram, the content may be expressed as zero.
Sugar alcohol rounding rules
Amount
Sugar alcohol is declared to the nearest 1g. Measuring finer than that changes nothing on the label.
| Amount range | Rounding rule |
|---|---|
| 0 to <0.5 | declare 0 |
| 0.5 to <1 | Contains less than 1 gram |
| ≥0.5 | nearest 1 g |
When must a label list sugar alcohol?
A statement of the number of grams of sugar alcohols in a serving may be declared voluntarily on the label, except that when a claim is made on the label or in labeling about sugar alcohol or total sugars, or added sugars when sugar alcohols are present in the food, sugar alcohol content shall be declared.
How do I find out how much sugar alcohol is in a food?
A Daily Value is a reference target, not a measurement of any particular food. To find the sugar alcohol content of a specific ingredient or product, look it up in USDA FoodData Central, then use that amount here to see what a label would declare.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Daily Values and label rounding: FDA, 21 CFR 101.9, as of 2026-02-12.
- Sugar alcohol on the label: 21 CFR 101.9(c)(6)(iv).
- Sugar alcohol label rounding: 21 CFR 101.9(c)(6)(iv).
- Dataset: bm-regulatory US Nutrition Label Rules v17.0.0.
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