D-Name Game
Sugar on labels just don’t go by just one name. That would be too easy to recognize. There are several names a diabetic should be aware of that all mean sugar in some form. Once any form of sugar is introduced into the body, there is little difference in how the body uses it. Sugar is a carbohydrate, which your body uses for energy. When you eat foods that are mostly sugar, like soda and candy, they are absorbed quicker which causes your blood sugar levels to quickly rise, and then fall. When you eat whole foods like fruits, sugars are released slowly into the bloodstream. It is so important to be able to recognize all the different name manufacturers use to disguise sugar in a product.
Some you may recognize and are fairly new.
- Agave Nectar
- barley malt
- beet sugar
- brown sugar
- buttered syrup
- cane-juice crystals (evaporated cane juice)
- cane sugar
- caramel
- carob syrup
- Castor sugar
- Confectioner’s sugar
- Corn sweetener
- corn syrup
- corn syrup solids
- date sugar
- dextran
- Demerara sugar
- dextrose
- diatase
- diastatic malt
- ethyl maltol
- fructose
- fruit juice
- fruit juice concentrate
- galactos
- glucose
- glucose solids
- golden sugar
- golden syrup
- grape sweetner
- grape sugar
- high-fructose corn syrup
- honey
- Icing sugar
- invert sugar
- Locust Bean Gum (made from galactos & mannose)
- lactose
- malt syrup
- maple syrup
- maltodextrin
- maltose
- mannitol
- mannose
- molasses
- Muscovado sugar
- Panocha
- raw sugar
- refiner’s syrup
- Rice syrup
- Saccharose
- sorbitol
- sorghum syrup
- stevia
- sucrose
- secrulose (splenda)
- sugar
- Treacle
- turbinado sugar
- Xanthan Gum (fermentated corn sugar)
- xylitol
- Xylose
- yellow sugar
