The Art of Dodging Sugar in your Food

To summarise the ones I have most commonly seen on labels in Australia : Glucose, Evaporated cane juice, Fruit juice concentrate, fructose, Caramel, Agave nectar, Honey, Molassas, Muscovado, Rice syrup, Raw sugar, Sucrose, Sugar (granulated), Dextrose, Corn syrup, Cane Juice and the absolute worst of the bunch: High fructose corn syrup.

Here is the extensive list to watch out for:

1. Agave Nectar
2. Barbados sugar
3. Barley Malt
4. Barley Malt Syrup
5. Beet Sugar
6. Brown sugar
7. Buttered Syrup
8. Cane Juice
9. Cane juice crystals
10. Cane sugar
11. Caramel
12. Carob syrup
13. Castor sugar
14. Coconut palm sugar
15. Coconut sugar
16. Confectioner’s sugar
17. Corn sweetener
18. Corn syrup
19. Corn syrup solids
20. Date sugar
21. Dehydrated cane juice
22. Demerara sugar
23. Dextrin
24. Dextrose
25. Evaporated cane juice
26. Free flowing brown sugars
27. Fructose
28. Fruit juice
29. Fruit juice concentrate
30. Glucose
31. Glucose solids
32. Golden sugar
33. Golden syrup
34. Grape sugar
35. High-fructose Corn Syrup – THE WORST
36. Honey
37. Icing sugar
38. Invert sugar
39. Malt syrup
40. Maltodextrin
41. Maltol
42. Maltose
43. Mannose
44. Maple syrup
45. Molasses
46. Muscovado
47. Palm sugar
48. Panocha
49. Powdered sugar
50. Raw sugar
51. Refiner’s syrup
52. Rice syrup
53. Saccharose
54. Sorghum syrup
55. Sucrose
56. Granulated sugar
57. Sweet sorghum
58. Syrup
59. Treacle
60. Turbinado Sugar
61. Yellow sugar

You’ve got the list.

Knowledge is power 🙂