Sugar has been around for thousands of years and dates far back as to 8,000 BCE. By 350 CE, the process for crystalizing sugar from sugarcane was discovered in India. By the 12th century, the Europeans started producing sugar themselves. By the 1900, sugar production was well established therefore was made plentiful and became a common part of our diets. The average persons diet doesn’t include additional sugar. Below is some of the common names for sugar.
1. Agave nectar
2. Apple juice concentrate
3. Barbados sugar
4. Barley malt
5. Barley malt sugar
6. Beet sugar
7. Blackstrap
8. Brown rice syrup
9. Brown sugar
10. Buttered syrup
11. Cane juice
12. Cane juice crystals
13. Cane sugar
14. Cane syrup
15. Caramel
16. Carob syrup
17. Castor sugar
18. Coconut nectar
19. Coconut sugar
20. Confectioners’ sugar
21. Corn sugar
22. Corn sweetener
23. Corn syrup
24. Corn syrup solids
25. Crystalline fructose
26. Date sugar
27. Dehydrated cane juice
28. Demerara sugar
29. Dextran
30. Dextrose
31. Evaporated cane sugar
32. Free-flowing brown sugars
33. Fructose
34. Fruit juice
35. Fruit juice concentrate
36. Galactose
37. Fruit juice concentrate
38. Glucose solids
39. Golden sugar
40. Golden syrup
41. Grape sugar
42. High-fructose corn syrup
43. Honey
44. Icing sugar
45. Invert sugar
46. Jaggery
47. Lactose
48. Malt syrup
49. Maltodextrin
50. Maltol
51. Maltose
52. Malt sugar
53. Mannose
54. Maple syrup
55. Molasses
56. Muscovado
57. Organic agave nectar
58. Organic brown rice
59. Organic cane sugar
60. Organic invert sugar
61. Palm sugar
62. Panela
63. Panocha
64. Pear juice concentrate
65. Piloncillo
66. Powdered sugar
67. Raw sugar
68. Refine syrup
69. Rice sugar
70. Rice syrup
71. Saccharose
72. Sorghum syrup
73. Sucanat
74. Sucrose
75. Sugar (granulated)
76. Sweet sorghum
77. Syrup
78. Treacle
79. Trehalose
80. Turbinado sugar
81. Wheat sugar
