Sugar comes in various forms; it has many different names, colors and textures. If you’re on a diet that demands you to skip sugar, you must be aware of all its variants and product names. While some, like cane crystals and corn sweetener are obvious sources of sugar, other names might deceive you. We present a full list of added sugars that are commonly found in packaged products.
The next time you read a food label, look out for these names:
- Agave Nectar
- Barley Malt Syrup
- Beet Sugar
- Blackstrap Molasses
- Brown Rice Syrup
- Brown Sugar
- Cane Crystals
- Cane Juice Crystals
- Cane Sugar
- Caramel
- Carob Sugar
- Corn Sweetener
- Corn Syrup
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Crystalline Fructose
- Date Sugar
- Dehydrated Cane Juice
- Demerara Sugar
- Dextrin
- Dextrose
- Diastatic Malt Sugar
- Ethyl Maltol
- Evaporated Cane Juice
- Fructose
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice Concentrate
- Glucose
- Glucose Solids
- Glycerol
- Golden Brown Sugar
- Golden Syrup
- Grape Sugar
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Honey
- Invert Sugar
- Lactose
- Malitol Syrup
- Malt Syrup
- Maltose
- Maple Syrup
- Molasses
- Raw Sugar
- Rice Syrup
- Saccharose
- Sweet Sorghum
- Sorghum Syrup
- Sucrose
- Syrup
- Treacle
- Turbinado Sugar
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