By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
This is a short charming animated informational TED-Ed Original presentation, Sugar: Hiding in plain sight-Robert Lustig.
“While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect — including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar’s many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets.”
Robert Lustig, MD is a UCSF Professor of Pediatrics, author and educator.
According to this TEDEd presentation, there are about 56 other names for added sugar.
- Barley Malt
- Barbados Sugar
- Beet Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Buttered Syrup
- Cane Juice
- Cane Sugar
- Caramel
- Corn Syrup
- Corn Syrup Solids
- Confectioner’s Sugar
- Carob Syrup
- Castor Sugar
- Date Sugar
- Dehydrated Cane Sugar
- Demerara Sugar
- Dextran
- Dextrose
- Diastatic Malt
- Diatase
- Ethyl Maltol
- Free Flowing Brown Sugars
- Fructose
- Fruit Juice
- Fruit Juice Concentrate
- Galactose
- Glucose
- Glucose Solids
- Golden Sugar
- Golden Syrup
- Grape Sugar
- High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
- Honey
- Icing Sugar
- Invert Sugar
- Lactose
- Malt
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Malt Syrup
- Mannitol
- Maple Syrup
- Molasses
- Muscovado
- Panocha
- Powdered Sugar
- Raw Sugar
- Refiner’s Syrup
- Rice Syrup
- Sorbitol
- Sorghum Syrup
- Sucrose
- Sugar (Granulated)
- Treacle
- Turbinado Sugar
- Yellow Sugar
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Your turn
Are you surprised to learn that there are other names for added sugar? Are you concerned with the amount of sugar in a food product or beverage? What tips do you have to eat healthier? Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comment section below. You may also continue the conversation on Facebook.
As always, thank you for your very valuable time.
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Barbara’s note
Food labels can be misleading and confusing. Sometimes the front of a food label may sound healthy, but it’s not. It’s important to turn the package over and read the list of ingredients, not just the front of the food label.
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