192 sugar sources and alternate names. I bet you had no idea there could be so many!
Sugar is the Most Potent Drug
Did you know that sugar is the most potent drug? Or that the sugar addiction is real?
I recently stumbled upon a Fooducate article, “Is Evaporated Cane Sugar Juice Healthier than Sugar?” The short answer is “no, it is not.”
Evaporated cane juice is simply cane sugar. They contain the same amount of calories. Evaporated cane juice confers no additional nutrients or antioxidants.
There is one difference though. Evaporated cane juice is derived from sugar cane, not from beets. Approximately half the sugar supply in the US is from beets, and most of them are genetically modified. Sugar cane is not genetically modified. Manufacturers could easily state that they are using cane sugar, but again, cane juice sounds healthier.
The article reminded me of the trickery that is sugar, how it’s everywhere and in everything, but that many times we are fooled because it doesn’t wear the name tag: I am sugar.
As a matter of fact, for the most part, sugar is sugar is sugar….and if you want to heal your gut or simply just feel better in general, all that extra sugar must leave your daily choices immediately.
We are misled when it comes to sugar
- No-calorie sweeteners will make us “thin”
- As long as it’s “organic,” it’s not only okay, but it’s good for us
- If the package doesn’t say “sugar,” then there’s no sugar in it
Sugar is a major problem child, and for good reason –> it’s addictive. It is this very addiction that keeps bad gut bacteria thriving. Those critters love them some sugar to feast on.
In The Gutsy Girl’s Bible, I put together a list of 192 sugar sources and alternate names. (For the record, I also did the same thing with the following: corn, dairy, egg, fish, legumes and beans, soy, wheat, and gluten. And yes, I worked on this for months!)
If lists like this are interesting to you, then you’ll love my book, A Gutsy Girl’s Bible: a 21-day approach to healing the gut. In it, you’ll find 100+ Creations. Grab your copy on Amazon HERE.
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When it comes to healing the gut, knowing exactly what to look for on labels is critical.
Here is my contribution to helping you spot sugar! (Click HERE to save and share the image below to your Facebook timeline for later reading or to easily pull this list up on your phone while on-the-go!)
192 Sugar Sources and Alternate Names
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- Acesulfame-K
- Agave Nectar
- Agave Syrup
- Amasake
- Amber Liquid Sugar
- Apple Sugar
- Apply Syrup
- Arenga Sugar
- Aspartame
- Bakers Special Sugar
- Barbados Sugar
- Barley Malt
- Barley Malt Syrup
- Bar Sugar
- Beet Molasses
- Beet Sugar
- Beet Syrup
- Berry Sugar
- Blackstrap Molasses
- Brown Rice Syrup
- Brown Sugar
- Buttery Syrup
- Cake
- Cane Crystals
- Cane Juice (evaporated)
- Cane Juice Crystals
- Cane Juice Powder
- Cane Sugar
- Caramel
- Carob Syrup
- Castor Sugar
- Cellobiose
- Chicory
- Coarse Sugar
- Coco Sugar
- Coconut Nectar
- *Coconut Sugar (Coconut Palm Sugar)
- Concord Grape Juice Concentrate
- Confectioner’s Sugar
- Cookies
- Corn Sweetener
- Cornsweet 90
- Corn Syrup
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Creamed Honey (this is not the natural honey)
- Crystal Dextrose
- Crystalline Fructose
- Crystallized Organic Cane Juice
- D-Arabino-Hexulose
- D-Fructose
- D-Mannose
- D-Xylose
- Dark Brown Sugar
- Dark Molasses
- Date Sugar
- Decorating Sugar
- Dehydrated Sugar Cane Juice
- Demerara Sugar
- Dextrin
- Dextran
- Dextrose
- Diatase
- Diastatic Malt
- Dixie Crystals
- ECJ
- Equal
- Erythritol (alcohol)
- Ethyl Maltol
- First Molasses
- Florida Crystals
- Fructamyl
- Fructose (some of this allowed; specified where)
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice Concentrate
- Galactose
- Glucomalt
- Glucoplus
- Glucose
- Glucose Solids
- Glucose Sweet
- Glucose Syrup
- Glycol (alcohol)
- Golden Syrup
- Gomme Syrup
- Granulated Fructose
- Granulated Sugar
- Granulated Sugar Cane Juice
- Grape Sugar
- Gum
- Gur
- High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS, HFCS 42, HFCS 55)
- High Dextrose Glucose Syrup
- High Fructose Maize Syrup
- High Maltose Corn Syrup
- Honey
- HSH
- Hydrogenated Starch
- Hydrogenated Starch Hydrosylate
- Hydrolyzed Corn Starch
- Icing Sugar
- Inulin
- Invert Sugar
- Inverted Sugar Syrup
- Invert Syrup
- Isoglucose
- Isomalt
- Jaggery
- Lactitol
- Lactose
- Levulose
- Light Brown Sugar
- Light Molasses
- Liquid Sugar
- Malt
- Malted Barley Syrup
- Malted Corn Syrup
- Malt Syrup
- Maltodextrin
- Maltitol
- Maltitol Syrup
- Maltose
- Mannitol (alcohol)
- Maple Sugar
- Maple Syrup
- Meritose
- Meritab 700
- Mints
- Misri
- Mycose
- Mylose
- Nutra-sweet
- Organic Agave Syrup
- Organic Brown Rice Syrup
- Organic Sucanat
- Organic Sugar
- Organic Raw Sugar
- Orgeat Syrup
- Panela
- Pancake Syrup
- Panocha
- Pearl Sugar
- Powdered Sugar
- Pure Cane Syrup
- Pure Sugar Spun
- Raisin Syrup
- Raffinose
- Rapadura
- Raw Agave Syrup
- Raw Sugar
- Refiner’s Syrup
- Rice Malt
- Rice Syrup
- Rice Syrup Solids
- Rock Sugar
- Saccharin
- Saccharose
- Sanding Sugar
- Shakar
- Simple Syrup
- Sirodex
- Splenda
- Sucrose
- Sorbitol (alcohol)
- Sorghum
- Sorghum Syrup
- Stevia (it usually has many other added things to it)
- Sucrose
- Sucrosweet
- Sugar
- Sugar Beet Crystals
- Sugar Beet Syrup
- Sugar Cane Juice
- Sugar Cane Natural
- Sulfured Molasses
- Sweet-n-Low
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Sweetleaf
- Table Sugar
- Tagatose
- Treacle
- Triose
- Truvia
- Turbinado Sugar
- Unrefined Sugar
- White Crystal Sugar
- White Grape Juice Concentrate
- White Refined Sugar
- White Sugar
- Wood Sugar
- Xylose
- Xylitol (alcohol)
- Yellow Sugar
The Master Guide to Nonnutritive Sweeteners
Examples of nutritive sweeteners include: table sugar, honey, agave, and High-fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).
A nonnutritive sweetener, though, provides no nutrition. According to the USDA, a nonnutritive sweetener is defined as,
Zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar. These sweeteners can be added to both hot and cold beverages and some can be used for baking. Nonnutritive sweeteners are much sweeter than sugar so only small amounts are needed. They provide fewer calories per gram than sugar because they are not completely absorbed by your digestive system.
But what exactly are nonnutritive sweeteners? How will you know what they are/what are they called? (Because, no, when reading a nutrition label it will not say, “nonnutritive sweetener.”) And is it okay to use them?
Grab the full Master Guide to Nnonnnutritive Sweeteners HERE.
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Xox,
SKH
You will heal. I will help.
Isn’t that just disgusting? How manufacturers and companies are all trying to hide something? Gross.
So disgusting!
ugh SO.MUCH.SUGAR!
That’s a lot of ways for sugar to sneak into our diets!
Crazy how they sneak so much sugar into things!
I LOVE this list! So helpful. One thing I love about sugar alcohol is that it’s not really a sugar or an alcohol as it doesn’t respond in the body like most sugars do (from an insulin standpoint). Actually, research show’s that 90% of Erythritol passes through the gut without any fermentation at all, making it a good alternative for people who want to avoid sugar.
Here’s some research you might find interesting: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16277764 and I love this guy’s work: http://authoritynutrition.com/erythritol/
Nice work!
Great thoughts…thanks for sharing, Caren!
I cannot believe this. Who makes up these names? Is it manufacturers? Is it ingredient distributors? I don’t really understand how we have 192 names for sugar!
Seriously:) Love your comment!
Hi Sarah,
As a sugar free eater myself who does so for a seizure conditions I appreciate that you have provided this list, however I have a major problem with you listing stevia which is NOT artificial if you buy from a high quality source like NuNaturals and you only buy the pure white stevia extract or the liquids ( with no additives). Stevia is not chemically derived if you buy the right brand nor has it ever caused me issues. In fact, it’s only helped me in my ten year quest of not eating sugar. I do hate the many names sugar wears and the disgusting turn out food industry has taken .
I also know most stevia products contain additives like maltodextrin or dextrose which ate both sugar, but pure white stevia extract or pure liquid stevia extract( without glycerin) should not be included on this list. They are water extracted from the stevia plant and from the right source they are the perfect answer for those of us that don’t tolerate sugars like honey or coconut sugar. Stevia has no effect on the glycemic index nor does it have any calories.
I’m not trying to be rude, I just don’t feel it’s fair to leave that out. As an avid label reader, I do appreciate you taking the time to make others aware.
Hi Heather!
Thank you for stopping by and for your thoughts. A few things:
1. By no means did I ever say that all 192 forms were bad. The list is indifferent. It was meant to be a resource so people know what sugar is. The bottom line is that Stevia, too, is a form of sugar.
2. Like you, I actually do use Organic Liquid Stevia and I know all about the things some Stevia manufacturers pump into their product. That said, while I am happy you found your superior source of NuNaturals, you do partner with them, so that is also a disclosure.
3. Honey is a sugar. Coconut Sugar is a sugar. Organic Liquid Stevia is a sugar. I use all 3, and the first 2 I use in my nut butter line. To each is own, though, and everyone will tolerate different forms of sugar in different ways. But again, they are all still a form of sugar.
Thanks again!
To each her own is true, but stevia is not sugar. They are in no way related. It is an herbal sweetener, not a sugar. And yes, I am affiliated with NuNaturals but buy other types of PURE stevia as well- not just NuNaturals and because I don’t tolerate sugar for medical reasons. Sugar is not a sweetener and the two aren’t the same. I am so glad you put this list together though because as someone who’s studied it for years due to a seizure condition controlled by sugar intake, I can promise you- we need more people out there doing this.
Bless you!
Stevia* is not a sugar I meant- though it is a natural sweetener*
Thank you for sharing your perspective….most appreciated.
Hi …. Would love your thoughts/ input . At the local farmer’s market I asked one of the honey providers if his honey was organic….he replied that he could not label it organic and there was no honey maker that could guarantee organic honey because you don’t know if the bees are landing on organic plants or non organic plants…
SUPER VALID point, Judy. I have reached out to my supplier to ask this question:)
I have to disagree with you…Stevia is natural and completely acceptable and ok to use…it is the only one I can have (Candida) and totally agrees with me…I too have done research on it, but one has to be careful and not just buy anything that says Stevia as everyone is trying to capitalize on the $$$ this brings.
Wanda – but what are you disagreeing with me on? I never said it wasn’t okay to use. Fact remains: it’s a sugar. That is why it’s on the list.