Sugar By Any Other Name Is Still Sugar

Agave Nectar

• Also known as Agave Syrup
• Found in cereals, organic foods and ice cream

Barley Malt

• Found in malt beers like Samuel Adams, cereals and candy bars

Beet Sugar

• Found in more than 20% of the world’s sugar

Blackstrap Molasses

• Found in baked beans and gingerbread

Brown Rice Syrup

• Found in rice milk, cereal bars and organic foods

Brown Sugar

• Found in baked goods, beverages, sauces and baked beans

Buttered Sugar

• Found in cookies, icing and frosting

Cane Juice Crystals

• Found in yogurt, cakes, cookies and baked goods

Cane Juice

• Found in liquors like cachaca and is used as a beverage

Caramel

• Found in sodas, desserts and candy

Carob Syrup

• Found in cakes, cookies and is used as a substitute for chocolate

Caster Sugar

• Found in baking products and mixed drinks
• Also known as superfine sugar

Coconut Sugar

• Found in diabetic sweeteners and diabetic alternative foods

Corn Sweetener

• Found in liquid sweeteners, frozen foods, cough syrups and antacids

Corn Syrup

• Found in sodas, fast food and cookies

Corn Syrup Solids

• Found in coffee creamers and dry beverage mixes

Crystalline Fructose

• Found in ice cream, baked goods
• Also used as a fruit flavoring

Date Sugar

• Found in baked goods and cookies

Demara Sugar

• Found in muffins and cakes
• Used as a sweetener in coffee and tea

Dextran

• Used as a food additive

Diastatic Malt

• Found in baked goods, milk shakes, ice cream and flavored syrups

Diastase

• Found in barley, milk, plants and our saliva

Ethyl Maltol

• Found in breads, cakes and confectionary goods

Evaporated Cane Juice

• Found in baked goods, cereals and beverages

Fructose

• Found in baked goods, soft drinks and naturally occurs in fruits and honey

Fruit Juice Concentrates

• Found in fruit juices and fruit-flavored yogurts

Galactose

• Found in fast foods, vegetable products and dairy products

Golden Sugar

• Found in cakes, biscuits and meringues

Golden Sugar

• Found in cakes, biscuits and meringues

Golden Syrup

• Also known as refiner’s syrup
• Found in tarts, pancake toppings and desserts

High Fructose Corn Syrup

• Found in fast foods, sodas, yogurts, canned foods, frozen pizzas, macaroni and cheese, cereal bars, breads, ketchup and mustard
  

Honey

• Found in fast foods, sodas, yogurts, canned foods, frozen pizzas, macaroni and cheese, cereal bars, breads, ketchup and mustards

Invert Sugar

• Found in candy, sodas, confectionary goods and baked goods

Lactose

• Also known as milk sugar
• Found in milk, cheese and other dairy products
• Used as a filler in some processed meats like “all beef” hotdogs

Malt Syrup

• Found in bread, pastries, and diabetic alternative foods

Maltodextrin

• Found in beer, sodas, candies and processed foods
• Also used as a “filler” in the “no-calorie” sugar substitutes like Equal and Nutrasweet
• Should not be used if you have Celiac disease (gluten-sensitivity)

Maltose

• Also known as malt sugar
• Found in barley malt, beer, beverages and corn syrup

Maple Syrup

Found on pancakes, waffles and processed foods

Molasses Syrup

• Found in ginger bread, cakes, cookies and confectionary goods

Muscovado Sugar

• Used as a sweetener in in and coffee or as a brown sugar replacement

Organic Raw Sugar

• Used as a white sugar alternative

Oat Syrup

• Also known as Avena sativa Found in granola bars, cereals, cookies, baked goods and ice cream

Panela

• Also known as Raspadura
• Found in baked goods, sodas, wine and vinegars

Panocha

• Also known as penuche or brown sugar fudge candy
• Found in cookies, desserts and fudge

Confectioner's Sugar

• Also known as powered sugar or icing sugar
• Found in cake decorations, icing, frosting and baked goods

Rice Bran Syrup

• Used as a dietary supplement

Rice Syrup

• Found in pies, cookies, cakes and granola bars

Sorghum

• Found in cereals, cakes, muffins, beer and alcoholic beverages

Sorghum Syrup

• Also known as sweet sorghum
• Found as a topping for biscuits, grits, pancakes and other breakfast foods

Sucrose

• Also known as table sugar or white sugar
• Found in cookies, cakes, biscuits, pies and ice cream

Sugar

• Found in pretty much everything!

Syrup

• Found in pretty much everything!

Treacle

• Found in tarts, merengue’s and desserts

Tapioca Syrup

• Found in fruit drinks, health bars and cereals

Turbinado Sugar

• Also known as “raw sugar”
• Found in baked goods and as a white or brown sugar substitute

Yellow Sugar

• Found in marshmallow peeps, cookies, baked goods and yellow frosting

Why is it important to know the various names of sugar?

• Increase in diabetes in the US
• Heart disease
• High cholesterol
• Obesity
• Sugar can be “hidden” on a food label due to a loophole in the new food labelling law