Total Sugars: No FDA Daily Value
Total Sugars has no FDA Daily Value. A label shows its amount but never a %DV.
Key facts
- All groups
- No Daily Value
- On the label
- Amount only, no %DV
- Label rounding
- Regulation: 0 below 0.5 g · nearest 1 g above
About total sugars
Total sugars is a required line on the Nutrition Facts label, stated in grams per serving. It may be left off when a serving has less than 1 gram and the label makes no claim about sweeteners, sugars or sugar alcohol. Except on the simplified format, the label then says “Not a significant source of total sugars” at the bottom of the nutrient table.
Questions about total sugars
Does total sugars have a Daily Value?
No. Total Sugars has no FDA Daily Value, so a Nutrition Facts label shows its amount in grams with no %DV.
How are total sugars rounded on a Nutrition Facts label?
Total sugars 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.
Total Sugars rounding rules
Amount
Total Sugars 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 can a label leave total sugars off?
A label may leave total sugars off when a serving has less than 1 gram of sugars and no claim is made about sweeteners, sugars or sugar alcohols. Except on the simplified format, the label must then print “Not a significant source of total sugars”, in the same type size, at the bottom of the nutrient table. A label in the simplified format may also leave it off when the amount rounds to zero.
How do I find out how much total sugars is in a food?
A Daily Value is a reference target, not a measurement of any particular food. To find the total sugars 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.
- Total Sugars on the label: 21 CFR 101.9(c)(6)(ii).
- Total Sugars label rounding: 21 CFR 101.9(c)(6)(ii).
- Dataset: bm-regulatory US Nutrition Label Rules v17.0.0.
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