The Many Names of Sugar
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Read your labels!
Agave nectar
Barley malt
Beet sugar
Blackstrap molasses
Brown rice syrup
Brown sugar
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner’s sugar
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Crystalline fructose
Date sugar
Demerara sugar
Dextran
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There are many hidden sugars!
Dextrose
Diastatic malt
Diatase
Ethyl maltol
Evaporated cane juice
Florida crystals
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Galactose
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
High-fructose corn syrup
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
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Knowledge is power!
Lactose
Malt syrup
Maltodextrin
Maltose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado sugar
Organic raw sugar
Panocha
Raw sugar
Refiner’s syrup
Rice syrup
Sorghum syrup
Sucanat
Sucrose
Sugar
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar