There are approximately 61 different names for sugar listed on food labels.

 Some of which we are familiar

 • sucrose

 • high-fructose corn syrup

 • barley malt

 • dextrose

 • maltose

 • rice syrup

 • and much more

 Here's the skinny on Sugar:

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) requires food producers to list all ingredients in their foods. But added sugar comes in many   forms – which is why it's so hard to find on the ingredients label.

 Food product labels list total sugar content but manufacturers are not required to say whether that total includes added sugar, which   makes it difficult to know how much of the total comes from added sugar and how much is naturally occurring in ingredients such as fruit   or milk.

 That makes it very difficult to account for how much added sugar we're consuming.

 How much sugar is okay?

 Sugar isn't just found in beverages and baked goods, even "healthy" foods can be high in sugar.

 For us to make healthy food decisions, it requires having all the information available to us on food labels. Having unrecognizable and   hidden sugars in most packaged foods, makes it difficult to make the right food choices and public health officials continue to improve   on nutrition labels making them easier to read with clearer recommendations on how much added sugar is safe to consume. 

 Download your free sugar guide here to learn the 61 different names of sugar.