What's in a name? Sometimes not the obvious. In particular with food and hidden sugars.
Unfortunately, there are many names for sugar. Some obvious, some not so obvious. While they are listed on nutritional labels, they could sneak their way into your diet by accident. Here's a quick list of the major sugars to keep an eye out for, and avoid whenever possible!
Sugar Sucrose
High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
Agave Nectar
Beet sugar
Blackstrap molasses
Brown sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)
Date sugar
Demerara sugar
Evaporated cane juice
Florida crystals
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado sugar
Panela sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner's syrup
Sorghum syrup
Sucanat
Treacle sugar
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
Barley malt
Brown rice syrup
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Dextrin
Dextrose
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