Spotting Other Names for Sugar
Sugar goes by a lot of different names, and that makes avoiding it particularly tricky. Not everything that contains sugar uses that specific word in the list of ingredients, so here's a reference list of some alternative names for sugar that you may not recognize.
| Agave nectar | Fruit juice |
| Agave syrup | Fruit juice concentrate |
| Barley malt | Glucose |
| Beet sugar | Glucose solids |
| Brown rice solids | Golden sugar |
| Brown sugar | Golden syrup |
| Buttered syrup | Grape juice concentrate |
| Cane juice | Grape sugar |
| Cane juice crystals | High-fructose corn syrup |
| Cane sugar | Honey |
| Carob syrup | Invert sugar |
| Confectioner's sugar | Lactose |
| Corn sugar | Malt |
| Corn sweetener | Maltodextrin |
| Corn syrup | Maltose |
| Corn syrup solids | Maple syrup |
| Crystalized fructose | Molasses |
| Date sugar | Raw sugar |
| Dextran | Refiner's syrup |
| Dextrose | Sorghum syrup |
| Diastatic malt | Sucanat |
| Evaporated cane juice | Sucrose |
| Fructose | Turbinado sugar |
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Michele Chevalley Hedge is an accredited nutritionist, bestselling author, and keynote speaker. She is the founder of A Healthy View, working with individuals and organisations across Australia to build sustainable health through evidence-based nutrition and positive psychology.
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