Sugar is a Ninja Assassin, Master of many disguises!
Unmask it by simply reading labels.
Food manufacturers know it’s not cool to mention “Sugar” first on the ingredient list, so they use one of Sugar’s many other aliases. Here’s a list of some other names Sugar is known by – some are obvious, some a little more sneaky…
- Agave Syrup
- Agave Nectar
- Brown Sugar
- Brown Rice Syrup
- Blackstrap Molasses
- Buttered Syrup
- Barley Malt
- Beet Sugar
- Carob Syrup
- Cane Juice
- Corn Syrup
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Confectioner’s Sugar
- Caramel
- Cane juice solids
- Cane juice crystals
- Caster Sugar
- Coconut Sugar
- Crystalline fructose
- Date sugar
- Demerara sugar
- Dehydrated cane juice
- Dehydrated fruit juice
- Dextrin
- Dextran
- Diatase
- Diatastic Malt
- Ethyl Maltol
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice Concentrate
- Fruit Juice Crystals
- Fructose
- Galactose
- Glucose
- Golden Syrup
- Golden Sugar
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Honey
- Icing Sugar
- Invert sugar
- Lactose
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Malt Syrup
- Maple Syrup
- Muscovado sugar
- Organic raw sugar
- Oat syrup
- Panela
- Raspadura
- Refiner’s Syrup
- Raw Sugar
- Rice Bran Syrup
- Rice Syrup
- Powdered Sugar
- Sorghum Syrup
- Sucrose
- Syrup
- Tapioca syrup
- Turbinado
- Treacle
- Yellow sugar
Did you know Sugar went by all these different names?
