MIAMI – More products are using sugar substitutes that aren't as healthy as the real thing.
"It's kind of confusing for the general public to identify which is sugar, so it's very important to know how to read labels and know how to read ingredients," said Sandra Castellano, a registered dietician.
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Those include:
Beet sugar
Brown sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Confectioner's sugar
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Date sugar
Demerara sugar
Dextran
Dextrose
Diastatic malt
Diatase
Ethyl maltol
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Galactose
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
High-fructose corn syrup
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
Lactose
Maltodextrin
Maltose
Malt syrup
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado sugar
Panocha
Refiner's syrup
Rice syrup
Sorbitol
Sorghum syrup
Sucrose
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
Agave Nectar
Caster sugar
Coconut sugar
Crystallne fructose
Evaporated Cane Juice
Organic Raw Sugar
Oat Syrup
Rice Bran Syrup
Tapioca Syrup
Barley Malt