Hidden Sugar in your Food

Now, it is important for us to know the safe amount of sugar intake based on its calorie level. The chart given below shows maximum amount of sugar intake recommended on the basis of an assortment of calorie levels:

The chart above gives us an understanding of the amount of sugar that should be taken according to daily calorie intake. But it is really very difficult for us to understand which food contains how much sugar. Normally sugar listing on a Nutrition Facts label of a food product accumulates all sugars together with milk and fruit sugars. When label on a milk pack says it has 100 grams of sugar that means it is the natural sugar lactose, not the added sugar. That is why the labels are most of the time deceiving when it is mentioning the sugar content in the product. We need to understand the ways to determine the amount of added sugar in a food product deciphering the label. A few tips are given below to serve this purpose;

• Read the ingredients list carefully while reading the Nutrition Facts label
• Following are the terms to identify added sugars,
  
  1. including sugar,
  2. white sugar,
  3. brown sugar,
  4. confectioner’s sugar,
  5. corn syrup,
  6. dextrin,
  7. honey,
  8. invert sugar,
  9. maple syrup,
  10. raw sugar,
  11. beet sugar,
  12. cane sugar,
  13. corn sweeteners,
  14. evaporated cane juice,
  15. high fructose corn syrup,
  16. malt,
  17. molasses, and
  18. turbinado sugar.


• The table below shows the amount of hidden sugar in foods like Cakes and biscuits and chocolate candies;