Dietary sugar is in the news and has taken center stage in the obesity epidemic.  It is easy for a health-care professional to make the recommendation, "reduce your sugar intake". However, spotting the many "hidden sugars" found in most processed foods is a challenge. Listed below are 96 alternative names for sugar often used in packaged food products.  Start with a quick review of the three Sugar Word Tips.

Sugar Word Tips: 

1. A word ending in “ose” or “ides” is a sugar.
2. Keep in mind that honey, maple syrup and molasses, are still sugars (carbohydrate) and used by the body as such.
3. Ingredient lists are written in descending order by volume.  Although sugar may not be listed first, there may be 5 or 6 different sugars. When added together, it makes sugar the most abundant ingredient in the product.