Don’t Call Me Sugar, Sugar

(even though that is what I am)

Read your food labels!

Here are some common names for sugar below. They will all raise your blood sugar.

Date sugar, honey and maple syrup are not any better than table sugar in terms of how they affect your blood sugar levels.

Dextrose

Fructose

Galactose

Glucose

Lactose

Maltose

Sucrose

Beet sugar                                                             

Brown sugar

Cane juice crystals

Cane sugar

Castor sugar

Coconut sugar

Confectioner’s sugar (aka, powdered sugar)

Corn syrup solids

Agave Nectar/Syrup

Barley malt

Blackstrap molasses

Brown rice syrup

Buttered sugar/buttercream

Caramel

Corn syrup

Date sugar

Demerara sugar

Evaporated cane juice

Fruit juice

Fruit juice concentrate

Golden syrup

High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

Honey

 Invert sugar

Malt syrup

Maltodextrin

Muscovado sugar

Raw sugar Sugar (granulated or table aka sucrose)

Sucanat

Turbinado sugar

Maple syrup

Molasses

Rice syrup

Sorghum syrup