Sugar and its many names!
Unfortunately there are many names for processed, refined sugar (based on my research at least 61) and therefore, it can be very tricky to understand exactly how much sugar you are consuming in your processed food products.
There isn't currently a recommended amount of sugar consumed per day in Australia however, the World Health Organisation recommendations say it should be less than 10% of your total energy intake. A good place to start is working out how many calories you need a day which you can do at the Eat For Health website https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au.
For an adult Australian on a diet of 8700kJ a day, staying under 10% of total energy means consuming no more than 55 grams or 13 teaspoons of sugar per day.
BE CAREFUL: Don't get confused by looking for foods that only have 10 grams of sugar per 100 grams as that would be 10% of the weight of the food, not the kilojoules.
Below is a list of all of the different names for processed refined sugar:
Agave nectar
Barbados sugar
Barley malt
Barley malt syrup
Beet sugar
Brown sugar
Buttered syrup
Cane juice
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Castor sugar
Coconut palm sugar
Coconut sugar
Confectioner's sugar
Corn sweetener
Corn syrup
Corn syrup solids
Date sugar
Dehydrated cane juice
Demerara sugar
Dextrin
Dextrose
Evaporated cane juice
Free-flowing brown sugars
Fructose
Fruit juice
Fruit juice concentrate
Glucose
Glucose solids
Golden sugar
Golden syrup
Grape sugar
HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup)
Honey
Icing sugar
Invert sugar
Malt syrup
Maltodextrin
Maltol
Maltose
Mannose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Muscovado
Palm sugar
Panocha
Powdered sugar
Raw sugar
Refiner's syrup
Rice syrup
Saccharose
Sorghum Syrup
Sucrose
Sugar (granulated)
Sweet Sorghum
Syrup
Treacle
Turbinado sugar
Yellow sugar
