Dietary Awareness

Hidden Sugar
Names

Sugar hides on ingredient labels under over 60 different names. Don't be fooled by "healthy" sounding syrups or scientific terms.

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Agave nectar or syrup Sweetener
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Anhydrous dextrose Sweetener
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Barbados sugar Sweetener
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Barley malt Sweetener
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Barley malt syrup Sweetener
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Beet sugar Sweetener
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Brown sugar Sweetener
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Buttered syrup Sweetener
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Cane juice Sweetener
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Cane juice crystals Sweetener
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Cane sugar Sweetener
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Caramel Sweetener
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Carob syrup Sweetener
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Castor sugar Sweetener
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Coconut palm sugar Sweetener
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Coconut sugar Sweetener
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Confectioner's sugar Sweetener
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Corn sweetener Sweetener
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Corn syrup Sweetener
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Corn syrup solids Sweetener
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Crystalline fructose Sweetener
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D-ribose Sweetener
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Date sugar Sweetener
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Dehydrated cane juice Sweetener
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Demerara sugar Sweetener
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Dextrin Sweetener
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Dextrose Sweetener
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Diastase Sweetener
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Diastatic malt Sweetener
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Ethyl maltol Sweetener
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Evaporated cane juice Sweetener
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Free-flowing brown sugars Sweetener
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Fructose Sweetener
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Fruit juice Sweetener
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Fruit juice concentrate Sweetener
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Fruit puree Sweetener
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Galactose Sweetener
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Glucose Sweetener
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Glucose syrup solid Sweetener
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Golden sugar Sweetener
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Golden syrup Sweetener
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Grape sugar Sweetener
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High-fructose corn syrup Sweetener
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Honey Sweetener
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Icing sugar Sweetener
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Invert sugar Sweetener
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Isoglucose Sweetener
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Malt Sweetener
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Malt syrup Sweetener
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Maltodextrin Sweetener
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Maltol Sweetener
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Maltose Sweetener
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Mannose Sweetener
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Maple syrup Sweetener
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Molasses Sweetener
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Muscovado Sweetener
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Nectar Sweetener
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Palm sugar Sweetener
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Pancake syrup Sweetener
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Panela Sweetener
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Panocha Sweetener
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Powdered sugar Sweetener
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Raw sugar Sweetener
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Refiner's syrup Sweetener
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Rice syrup Sweetener
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Saccharose Sweetener
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Sorghum syrup Sweetener
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Sucrose Sweetener
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Sweet sorghum Sweetener
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Syrup Sweetener
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Table sugar Sweetener
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Treacle Sweetener
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Turbinado sugar Sweetener
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White granulated sugar Sweetener
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Yellow sugar Sweetener

Why the disguise?

Refined sugars go by many names to mask the total amount of sweetener in a product. By splitting sugar into multiple names (like dextrose, maltose, and corn syrup), manufacturers can prevent "Sugar" from appearing as the first ingredient on the label.