Sugar Synonyms

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If you encounter one of the names below in a product ingredient list – it’s sugar in one form or other and will contribute 4 calories per gram consumed (exceptions noted in parentheses). Artificial sweeteners contain no calories but are at times controversial due to other health risks they may or may not pose.

Aspartame – marketed as Nutrasweet (artificial, 0 calories)
Acesulfame potassium (acesulfame-K) / E950 -
marketed as Sunett / Sweet One (artificial, 0 calories)
Agave
Agave Nectar
Barley Malt Extract
Brown Rice Syrup
Brown sugar
Corn sugar
Corn sweetener
Corn syrup, or corn syrup solids
Crystalline Fructose
Dehydrated Cane Juice
Dextrin
Dextrose
Evaporated Cane Juice
Evaporated Cane Syrup
Fructose
Fruit juice concentrate
Glucose
High-fructose corn syrup
Honey
Invert sugar (golden syrup)
Lactose
Maltodextrin
Malt syrup
Maltose
Mannitol (2.6 calories)
Maple syrup
Molasses
Neotame (artificial, 0 calories)
Raw sugar
Rice Syrup
Saccharin (artificial, 0 calories)
Saccharose
Sucralose – marketed as Splenda (artificial, 0 calories)
Sucrose
Sugar
Sorbitol (2.6 calories)
Sorghum syrup
Syrup
Treacle
Turbinado Sugar
Xylose

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  • jackson

    DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE REST OF THE SUGAR ALCOHOLS(some of these are repeats)
    xylitol
    glycol
    glycerol
    erythritol
    threitol
    arabitol
    ribitol
    mannitol
    sorbitol
    dulicitol
    iditol
    isomalt
    maltitol
    lacitiol
    polyglycitol

    OR NATURAL SWEETENERS
    agave
    stevia

    I recently took a nutrition class where we had to research ‘NATURAL’ sweeteners
    What we found out is that NO sweetener has any real nutritional value besides empty calories. Most western foods that are sweetened…are over done. Also companies use multiple sweeteners so they can make it seem like there is less than there actually is. Measurements are never exact…so they know they can fudge how much is in it by .4 calories…so in turn many things have more than it even says!

    many ALTERNATIVE sweeteners also require LESS than table sugar…but when being used at home…some people don’t realize you don’t replace one cup of sugar with one cup of say stevia or xylitol. Some of them in large quantities will make someone ill. And a handful of these are TOXIC to animals!

    Considerations when thinking about sweeteners…what financial investment a company has in producing it or marketing it or NOT? Has it been proven to be safe?…and if so…at what cost? What is the environmental impact of its harvest? What labor is use to harvest it?

    Is it possible to go a week without ingesting any of these?

    • Sugarfeedscancer

      Stevia does not match one cup to one cup with sugar. This is false. You take a small fraction of Stevia to replace sugar. It has not a single risk or side effect. If you read somewhere is does then they’re just as misinformed. It’s a nutritional supplement derived from a plant in Portugal. It’s been used forever without any issues. It is NOT an artificial sweetener. It is a healthy sugar substitute.

  • http://my_booker@yahoo.com Amy Booker

    I was recently dignoticed with allergys. Mainly Wheat,Popular and Cottonwood Trees.
    Have had other reactions to foods so I takeing out yellow # 5,red #33,40. high fructose corn syrup,and soy licthin. Hopefully that will help.

  • Jes

    @Amy Booker

    Any artificial stuff that you take out is going to help. Improving your digestion will help with allergies as well. Maybe try adding some quality yogurt or probiotics to your daily routine. I try to give my body breaks from yeast in food as well in intervals throughout the year.

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  • Gayle

    I buy Xylitol from the health food stores. Is it better or just as bad as sugar alcohol?

    • Kemaru

      Xylitol has laxative side effects if consumed in large proportions, but personally I would think it be a good sweetener. Xylitol helps prevent tooth decay and caries.

      • Jen

        Be careful, xylitol is toxic to dogs.  Just a small amount can cause serious liver damage and death.

  • Jihee Park

    How about Stevia? Is that OK?

  • Jihee Park

    How about Stevia? Is that OK?