Names besides 'sugar' used to sweeten our food

Look out for these names when reading labels :

• Sucrose

• Glucose

• Cane sugar

• Turbinado sugar

• Confectioner's sugar

• Brown sugar

• Invert sugar

• Brown rice syrup

• Polydextrose

• Maltose

• Maltodextrin

• Corn syrup

• Corn syrup solids

• High Fructose corn syrup

• Fructose

• Dextrose

• Fruit juice concentrate

• Concentrated fruit juice sweetener

• Xylitol

• Mannitol

• Maltitol

• Sorbitol

• Erythritol

• Sorghum syrup

• Glucose solids

• Beet sugar

• Barley malt extract

These are the artificial sweeteners used to sweeten foods (even worse):

• Saccharin

• Aspartame

• Acesulfame potassium

• Sucralose

• Neotame

These are better choices:

• Maple syrup

• Molasses

• Honey

• Monk fruit

• Coconut sugar

• Whole dates/figs

• Stevia