Names for Sugar

One piece of advice that I have heard lately is that "if you are often reading labels, the you are not eating real food.  Real food doesn't need labels."

Okay, fine.  But I'm having a hard time giving up my dairy and breads.  Yogurt, cheese, bagels, the occasional frozen pizza (don't judge, I said occasional!)

And I do read labels sometimes.  Usually it's when I've already decided to buy something and I'm trying to figure out if one brand will be better for my body than another. 

But, did you know that sugar on food lables has over FIFTY NAMES?!  I think in some cases the companies really are trying to trick you.



Dextrose sounds Delish!

So, here is a list to help you identify the different forms of sugar in your food:

1. Barley malt
2. Beet sugar
3. Brown sugar
4. Buttered syrup
5. Cane juice crystals
6. Cane sugar
7. Caramel
8. Corn syrup
9. Corn syrup solids
10. Confectioner’s sugar
11. Carob syrup
12. Castor sugar
13. Date sugar
14. Demerara sugar
15. Dextran
16. Dextrose
17. Diastatic malt
18. Diatase
19. Ethyl maltol
20. Fructose
21. Fruit juice
22. Fruit juice concentrate
23. Galactose
24. Glucose
25. Glucose solids
26. Golden sugar
27. Golden syrup
28. Grape sugar
29. High-fructose corn syrup
30. Honey
31. Icing sugar
32. Invert sugar
33. Lactose
34. Maltodextrin
35. Maltose
36. Malt syrup
37. Maple syrup
38. Molasses
39. Muscovado sugar
40. Panocha
41. Raw sugar
42. Refiner’s syrup
43. Rice syrup
44. Sorbitol
45. Sorghum syrup
46. Sucrose
47. Sugar
48. Treacle
49. Turbinado sugar
50. Yellow sugar

What other names for sugar can you think of?