46 Sneaky Names for Sugar

Sugar Substitute

How many are fooling you?

Americans are drowning in the sweet stuff. We are eating and drinking about 22 teaspoons per day-some 355 calories-equal to about 150 pounds per year.

Our daily intake of added sugars is 2-3 times more than the recommended limit of 6 teaspoons for women (9 for men).

Sugar Shockers – There are more than 200 types of added sugars used in processed foods and beverages. Added sugars are used in more than 75% of the products sold in supermarkets-often in unexpected items, like bread, salty snacks and condiments.

The best thing to do is to read labels before you buy the products.  On many products you will see more than one sugar on the label. 

46 Names for Added Sugars Used in Processed Foods and Beverages:

Agave

Diatase

Maltodextrin

Barley malt

Date sugar

Maltose

Beet sugar

Dextrin

Maple syrup

Blackstrap molasses

Dextrose

Palm sugar

Brown sugar

Diastatic malt

Raw sugar

Brown rice syrup

Evaporated cane juice

Rice syrup

Cane sugar

Fructose (high fructose corn syrup)

Refiner’s syrup

Cane juice

Fruit sugar

Saccharose

Caramel

Galactose

Sorghum syrup

Carob syrup

Glucomalt

HSucrose

Coconut sugar

Glucose

Sugar

Coconut palm sugar

Grape juice concentrate

Treacle

Confectioner’s sugar

Grape sugar

Turbinado sugar

Corn sweetener

Honey

Xylose

Corn syrup

Lactose

Demerara sugar