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A black octagon: high in sugars.
Also known as: High in sugars, Black octagon sugar warning, Sello de advertencia
The front-of-pack warning seal marking a food or drink whose sugar content exceeds a regulated threshold.
Warns that the product exceeds the regulated threshold for sugars per unit of measure.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
Introduced by Chile in 2016 and since adopted with variations by Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia — the first front-of-pack scheme anywhere to use a mandatory warning rather than a voluntary traffic light.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
Deliberately shaped as a stop sign: the octagon was chosen because it already means 'stop' to every driver, so the seal borrows an existing instinct rather than teaching a new one.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
The threshold that triggers it differs between the adopting states, so the same product may carry the seal in one country and not in its neighbour.
Thresholds are set by each state and are revised over time.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
A solid black octagon with a white border carrying the words ALTO EN above AZÚCARES in white capitals, printed on the front face of the pack.