Sugar, By Any Other Name...
Everyone knows the quote from Shakespeare; "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ..."
Well, sugar by any other name is still sugar.
I've written, several times, about how the food companies go to great length to hide ingredients in their food labels while still conforming with legal requirements. But I'm not sure most people realize just how far they push the envelope.
So here is a list of 81 ingredients found on food labels that all mean basically the same thing- Sugar.
Highlighted names I thought were particularly inventive. Some I even gave a gold star (*)
Anhydrous dextrose
Agave
Agave syrup
Beet Sugar
Brown sugar
Barley Malt
Cane juice
Cane juice solids *
Cane juice crystals*
Cane Sugar
Cane syrup
Caramel
Carob syrup
Caster sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioners sugar
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids*
Crystalline fructose*
Date sugar
Demerara sugar
Dextran
Dextrose
Diatase*
Diastatic malt*
Dehydrated cane juice* (Love these next 4-Know what you get when evaporate cane juice? Sugar.)
Evaporated cane juice*
Evaporated cane syrup*
Evaporated sugar cane*
Fructose
Fructose crystals
Fruit juice crystals
Fruit juice concentrate
Glazing sugar
Glucose
Glucose solids
Glucose syrup
Golden sugar ( if it's "golden" syrup it must be ok)
Golden syrup
Granulated sugar
Grape sugar
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar (WTH is inverted?)
Invert sugar
King's syrup* (This must be really special!)
Lactose
Maple syrup
Maple sugar
Maltose
Maltosedextrin
Malt sugar
Molasses
Muscovado
Nectar
Pancake syrup
Panocha
Powdered sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner's syrup
Sorghum
Sorghum syrup
Sucanat
Sucrose
Sugar
Superfine sugar
Table sugar
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
White sugar
Yellow sugar
Then we have the sugar alcohols:
Maltitol
Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate
Xylitol
Isomalt
Sorbitol
Lactitol
Mannitol
Erythritol
Confused yet?
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are moderated and will posted once approved