63 ways sugar is sneaky
Updated: Dec 14, 2020
I grew up knowing there where four types of sugar, white sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar and powdered sugar but I've learned just how young and naive I was. Sugar is disguised under many names and it's important to know these names so you can recognize them on a nutritional label. Let's begin.
1. Acesulfame-K (Sunett and Sweet One)
2. Agave Nectar
3. Aspartame (Equal and Sugar Twin)Â
4. Barley malt
5. Beet Sugar
6. Blackstrap molasses
7. Brown rice syrup
8. Brown sugar
9. Buttered syrup
10. Cane juice crystals
11. Cane sugar
12. Caramel
13. Carob syrup
14. Castor syrup
15. Coconut sugar
16. Confectioner's sugar [powdered sugar]
17. Corn syrup
18. Corn syrup solids
19. Crystalline fructose
20. D-ribose
21. Date sugar
22. Demerara sugar
23. Dextrin
24. Dextrose
25. Diastatic malt
26. Ethyl maltol
27. Evaporated cane juice
28. Florida crystals
29. Fructose
30. Fruit juice
31. Fruit juice concentrate
32. Galactose
33. Glucose
34. Glucose solids
35. Golden sugar
36. Golden syrup
37. Grape sugar
38. High-Fructose Corn Syrup [HFCS]
39. Honey
40. Icing sugar
41. Invert sugar
42. Lactose
43. Malt syrup
44. Maltodextrin
45. Maltose
46. Maple syrup
47. Molasses
48. Muscovado sugar
49. Neotame (Newtame)
50. Panela sugar
51. Raw sugar
52. Refiner's syrup
53. Rice syrup
54. Saccharin (Sweet'N Low and Necta Sweet)
55. Sorbitol
56. Sorghum syrup
57. Stevia
58. Sucanat
59. Sucralose (Splenda)
60. Treacle sugar
61. Turbinado sugar
62. Xylitol
63. Yellow sugar
That's it. I wanted to keep this simple. Next week I'll dive into what are some negative effects of some of these from the list. Patience my little sugar cubes, okayyyy byeee!