Under current FDA regulations, dairy products containing artificial sweeteners (with a recent exception carved out for ice cream) must not only disclose those sweeteners in their ingredient listings but also bear prominent
front label notices — such as «reduced calorie» or «reduced sugar» — as part of the products» so - called statements of identity.
Guidance for the
front - of - pack colour - coded
labelling was issued by Public
Notice (2011), and outlines three permitted designs using green, amber and red to identify whether products contain low, medium or high levels of total sugars, fat, saturated fat, and sodium.