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Learn more:Sneaky Sources of Added Sugars

The American Heart Association recommends that women consume no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugar daily (for men the cap is 9 teaspoons) and that can add up quickly. If you’re scanning labels, here’s what you should look for.

Here are some of the 56+ different names for sugar that may appear on your food labels.

  1. Anhydrous dextrose

  2. Agave

  3. Agave nectar

  4. Beet sugar

  5. Brown sugar (light and dark brown)

  6. Cane juice

  7. Cane juice solids

  8. Cane sugar

  9. Cane syrup

  10. Carob syrup

  11. Caster sugar

  12. Coconut sugar

  13. Confectioners' sugar

  14. Corn syrup

  15. Corn syrup solids

  16. Crystalline fructose

  17. Date sugar

  18. Demerara sugar

  19. Dextran

  20. Dextrose

  21. Dehydrated cane juice

  22. Evaporated cane juice

  23. Evaporated cane syrup

  24. Evaporated sugar cane

  25. Fructose

  26. Fructose crystals

  27. Fruit juice crystals

  28. Fruit juice concentrate

  29. Glazing sugar

  30. Glucose

  31. Glucose syrup

  32. Golden sugar

  33. Golden syrup

  34. Granulated sugar

  35. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

  36. Honey

  37. Icing sugar

  38. Invert sugar

  39. Invert syrup

  40. King’s syrup

  41. Lactose

  42. Maple syrup

  43. Maple sugar

  44. Maltose

  45. Malt sugar

  46. Malt syrup

  47. Molasses

  48. Muscovado

  49. Nectar

  50. Pancake syrup

  51. Panocha

  52. Powdered sugar

  53. Raw sugar

  54. Refiners' syrup

  55. Sorghum

  56. Sorghum syrup

  57. Sucanat

  58. Sucrose

  59. Sugar

  60. Superfine sugar

  61. Table sugar

  62. Treacle

  63. Turbinado sugar

  64. White sugar

  65. Yellow sugar

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