As people are becoming more conscious about avoiding sugar, manufacturers of foods are using clever ways to deceive people.
Almost all the snacks you get in a bakery or supermarket contains sugar. Sugar is the most addictive substance ever known to mankind. So, it makes sense to add sugar in every product. As people get addicted, business grows.
Just looking for the word SUGAR is not enough to avoid it. Look for other names of sugar as well. Currently, 61 aliases are used for sugar. If you find any of these words on a package label, avoid it.
Agave nectar
Barbados sugar
Barley malt syrup
Beet sugar
Brown sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane juice crystals
Cane juice/sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Coconut sugar
Coconut palm sugar
Corn syrup/sweetener
Corn syrup solids
Confectioner’s sugar
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Date sugar
Dehydrated cane juice
Demerara sugar
Dextran
Dextrose
Evaporated cane juice
Free flowing brown sugars
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Galactose
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
High-fructose corn syrup
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
Lactose
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Malt syrup
Mannose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado sugar
Palm sugar
Panocha
Powdered sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner’s syrup
Rice syrup
Sorbitol
Sorghum syrup
Sucrose
Sugar (granulated)
Sweet sorghum
Syrup
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
Take Care
Dr. Madhukar Dama