61 Names for Sugar


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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 🙂

 

 

 

 


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