Question: What are names for added sugars that appear on food labels?
Answer: Below is a list of names for the added sugars that can appear on food labels. A food is likely to be high in sugar if one of these names below is the first or second ingredient in the product’s ingredient list, or if several of these names are listed.
Brown sugar
Invert sugar
Corn sweetener
Lactose
Corn syrup
Maltose
Dextrose
Malt syrup
Fructose
Molasses
Fruit juice concentrate
Raw sugar
Glucose
Sucrose
High-fructose corn syrup
Syrup
Honey
Table sugar
Posted on
Sat, January 9, 2010
by Janine Faber
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