SUGAR.


How to look hidden sugar in your food.

SUGAR is a very commonly used ingredient in processed foods. The food industry likes it 
because besides adding the sweet taste, it serves as preservative and many other commercial
functions, it adds value for the food procedures but not value to the food for consumers.
       
 Look at the ingredient listing and see where sugar appears.If it is listed amongst the 
top  few items, it show that a lot  of sugar is likely to be added. The ingredient list shows the ingredients used  in a decending order.
       
 Sugar appears in our foods with many names and in many forms.Listed below are the
different `names' for sugar:

> Glucose  >Fructose > Lactose > Maltose > Invert sugar >Sucrose >Glucose syrup
> Brown sugar > Honey > Raw sugar > Molasses > Black treacle > Golden syrup
> Concentrated fruit juice sweetener > Levulose  > Sorbitol > Dextrose.