Jul 27
Sugar reminds me of a ninja. It sneaks in when you least expect it and does some serious damage.
In order to help you guard yourself from the sugar ninja menace, here’s a list of other names for sugar, ways it disguises itself to sneak into your food:
- Agave syrup
- Grape sugar
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Honey
- Icing sugar
- Invert sugar
- Lactose
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Malt syrup
- Maple syrup
- Molasses
- Muscovado sugar
- Panocha
- Raw sugar
- Refiner’s syrup
- Rice syrup
- Sorbitol
- Sorghum syrup
- Sucrose
- Evaporated cane juice
- Sugar
- Treacle
- Turbinado sugar
- Yellow sugar
- Date sugar
- Demerara sugar
- Dextran
- Dextrose
- Diastatic malt
- Diatase
- Ethyl maltol
- Fructose
- Fruit juice
- Fruit juice concentrate
- Galactose
- Glucose
- Glucose solids
- Golden sugar
- Golden syrup
- Barley malt
- Beet sugar
- Brown sugar
- Buttered syrup
- Cane juice crystals
- Cane sugar
- Caramel
- Corn syrup
- Corn syrup solids
- Confectioner’s sugar
- Carob syrup
- Castor sugar
Did you know that because of sneaky sugars, the average American eats more than 6oz of sugar a day?
Keep yourself safe from ninja sugars, when you see any of these names on a label, think twice before putting it in your mouth. It might just be waiting for its chance to attack…
Check out some of these other posts on Wold Fitness about sugar:
Sugar Cravings Taking Over Your Brain!
99 Ways Sugar Is Poisoning You