Sugar in Disguise  

SOS- Save Our (blood) Sugar!

We all know added sugar is bad for us, but do we know how to find it? Food corporations often hide sugar in their ingredient labels, disguising it as a deceivingly, yet conventionally healthy ingredient. For example, honey is mainly composed of fructose (with a few more nutrients), and therefore mirrors sugar's damaging health effects. Below is a list formulated by Ohio State University of 61 disguises sugar hides behind. 61 more ways to be label literate! 

Agave nectar

Barbados sugar

Barley malt

Barley malt syrup

Beet sugar

Brown sugar

Buttered syrup

Cane juice

Cane juice crystals

Cane sugar

Caramel

Carob syrup

Castor sugar

CoConut palm sugar

Coconut sugar

Confectioner’s sugar

Corn sweetener

Corn syrup

Corn syrup solids

Date sugar

Dehydrated cane juice

Demerara sugar

Dextrin

Dextrose

Evaporated cane juice

Free-flowing brown sugars

Fructose

Fruit juice

Fruit juice concentrate

Glucose

Glucose solids

Golden sugar

Golden syrup

Grape sugar

High fructose corn syrup

Honey

Icing sugar

Invert sugar

Malt syrup

Maltodextrin

Maltol

Maltose

Mannose

Maple syrup

Molasses

Muscovado

Palm sugar

Panocha

Powdered sugar

Raw sugar

Refiner’s syrup

Rice syrup

Saccharose

Sorghum syrup

Sucrose

Sugar (granulated)

Sweet sorghum

Syrup

Treacle

Turbinado sugar

Yellow sugar

Link to Ohio State Article: https://fcs.osu.edu/sites/fcs/files/imce/PDFs/Sixty_One_Names_Sugar_handout.pdf