The Sugar Canary

The Sugar Canary.

The Sugar canary is falling off his perch because he's so overweight. He was looking to avoid sugar as he heard it was one of the biggest problems causing weight gain. He made sure to look at food labels and skip ones that had a lot of "Sugar". But he didn't see the "Hidden Sugar"

The warning coming from this canary? He didn't look for these 61 synonyms for sugar and then add them all up to find how much sugar was really in his supermarket purchase. So don't forget! , things like Maltol, Barley Malt, Treacle, and Carob syrup are just other words for sugar. 


Agave nectarConfectioner's sugarGlucose solidsMuscovado
Barbados sugarCorn sweetenerGolden sugarPalm sugar
Barley maltCorn syrupGolden syrupPanocha
Barley malt syrupCorn syrup solidsGrape sugarPowdered sugar
Beet sugarDate sugarHFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup)Raw sugar
Brown sugarDehydrated cane juiceHoneyRefiner's syrup
Buttered syrupDemerara sugarIcing sugarRice syrup
Cane juiceDextrinInvert sugarSaccharose
Cane juice crystalsDextroseMalt syrupSorghum Syrup
Cane sugarEvaporated cane juiceMaltodextrinSucrose
CaramelFree-flowing brown sugarsMaltol
Sugar (granulated)
Carob syrupFructoseMaltoseSweet Sorghum
Castor sugarFruit juiceMannoseSyrup
Coconut palm sugarFruit juice concentrateMaple syrupTreacle
Coconut sugarGlucoseMolassesTurbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
So while you may have escaped the 11 or 12 spoons of sugar in a can of soda, you may not have noticed your "healthy" yogurt may have 7 spoons of sugar.

For more information on the hidden sugars in our foods check out the Univ of Calif's site about hidden sugar 

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Comments

  1. CandyAugust 30, 2018 at 6:54 AM

    You know what? The food industry sucks. Organic and natural sugar from foods without any additives. But most people can't afford to do that - and certainly have not been trained to be the sugar police. I wonder how the Canary avoids this? Oh...so many other things to look at too. If you can't pronounce the ingredient, don't buy it. If there are more than 5 ingredients, you don't want it. Time to grow your own or join a farm community where you share the food grown. Again...how many people can do this? We can only hope over time we become better shoppers/eaters/cooks. Thanks for posting.

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