Sugar By Any Other Name Is Still Sugar (and NOT Healthy)

Alan E. Organ, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Cane Sugar

Found in 80% of the world’s sugar

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

Diatase

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

Glucose

Found in fruits, honey, fast foods and baked goods

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 mustards

Honey

Found in baked goods and teas

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

Confectioners’ 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 sodas, baked goods, breakfast foods and candy

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

Additional Health Info

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For Weight: BodyBySlenderiiz.com/optimalweight

For Skincare: OrganicSkincareByInfiniteYouth.com

For Nutritional Supplements: AlanOrganMDOnline.com