It’s amazing how much sugar is added to foods. The average American eats about 22 teaspoons of sugar a day. That’s triple what is recommended. This is part of the reason why we’re so addicted to it.
Sugar can be found in most processed foods and is used to extend the shelf life of products and because they are well aware of the addictive properties of sugar so they want us to consume more.
Without seeking it out, we get an ample supply in everyday foods. Some of the big culprits to watch out for are:
granola bars
pasta sauces
yogurt
instant oatmeal
salad dressing
soups
breads
breakfast cereals
energy drinks
canned fruits
coleslaw
dried fruit
ketchup
To complicate matters even more, there are many names for sugar which include the following:
agave nectar
barley malt
beet sugar
brown sugar
cane juice
cane syrup
coconut palm sugar
coconut sugar
corn syrup
date sugar
dehydrated corn juice
demerara sugar
dextrin
dextrose
evaporated cane juice
fructose
glucose
golden syrup
hight-fructose corn syrup
honey
icing sugar
invert sugar
malt syrop
mannose
maltidestrin
malitol
maltose
maple syrup
molasses
muscovado
palm sugar
powered sugar
raw sugar
rice syrup
saccharose
sorghum syrup
sucralose
granulated sugar
syrup
turbinado sugar