there are several chemicals that trigger your sweet tastebuds but do not actually absorb in your small intestine or is able to be used by your cells for energy. that’s what substitute sweeteners are. there are 2 kinds of substitute sweeteners: natural and artificial. natural substitute sweeteners are refined from a plant, examples are Stevia, Monkfruit, Erythiritol aka sugar alcohol, and Allulose. artificial ones are made in a lab, examples are aspartame, sucralose, sacharin, . there is not enough good evidence comparatively of health benefits of either natural over artificial. pick either side, still better for you than sugar.
There are at least two possible explanations.
One is that you have misinterpreted the text and the claim is not added sugar but what they are made of containing sugar naturally.
Another is that they use artificial sweeteners that taste like sugar but is not regular sugar. The can tase 100 times sweeter or more than regular sugar so you need less of it. Some artificial sweeteners can be used for the body as energy but because you need a lot less and they are not sugar.
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