Table 4 Sugar Industry Activities Leading to the Sugar Association’s 1975 Publication “Sugar in the Diet of Man”
Dates | Sugar Industry Organization | Key Actions |
|---|---|---|
Mar. 1971 | Sugar Information, Inc. / Amstar | • Received report title “Coping with new dangers: an Action plan for Sugar Information in the face of mounting criticism” from public relations firm Ruder and Finn, Inc. [54] |
Feb. / Mar. 1971 | Amstar | • Organized the Amstar Food and Nutrition Advisory Council (FNAC) [55] |
March 1972 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium: “Sugar and Human Health” [56]: o Topic 1 – “Sugar in Nutrition” o Topic 2 – “Atheroma, Is Sugar Involved?” |
Sept. 1972 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium “Sugar, Growth and Development, Energy, Sucrose and a Balanced Diet.” [57] |
Nov. 1972 | Amstar / Nutrition Foundation | |
1973 | The Sugar Association | • Organized its own FNAC [53] |
Aug. 1973 | Marabou | • Held symposium: “The Role of Sugar in Modern Nutrition” [60] |
Sept.1973 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium: “A Research Profile of Sugar as a Food” [61] |
Dec. 1973 | The Sugar Association | • Held its first FNAC conference to collate “Sugar in the Diet of Man” [47] |
Jan. 1974 | The Sugar Association | • Held its second conference to collate “Sugar in the Diet of Man” [47] |
Mar. 1974 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium: o “Is the Risk of Becoming Diabetic Affected by Sugar Consumption?” [62] |
Sept.1974 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium: o “Dental Caries: A review of current research on the prevention of cavities Part 1” [63] |
1974 | Nutrition Foundation | • “Sugar’s in Nutrition” published as the first monograph in a new series [59] ▪ Based on November 1972 symposium. |
Mar. 1975 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Held symposium: “Dental Caries: A review of current research on the prevention of cavities Part 2” [63] |
1975 | International Sugar Research Foundation | • Published a commissioned a review: “The role of sucrose in foods, A comprehensive review of 30 years of research” [64] |
1975 | The Sugar Association | • “Sugar in the Diet of Man” published without disclosing sponsorship [46] |
1975 | Amstar | • Re-directed its FNAC to focus on company specific issues in 1975 after executives had determined that SA’s FNAC was “well organized and competent.” [65] |