50 Shades Of Sugar

If you've read anything at all about foods to avoid for clear skin you'll know that sugar is an absolute no-no. And if you've read my book, Clear Skin Secrets, you'll have seen the 5 major ways that sugar is a total breakout trigger - not to mention incredibly inflammatory and ageing!

So, in all likelihood, you already avoid confectionary, sugar-laden beverages, and limit desserts. But sugar can be lurking everywhere.

Beverages commonly considered 'healthy' like cold pressed juices and coconut water are actually loaded with breakout-triggering sugars. Sugar can also be hidden in innocuous processed foods like bread and tomato sauce. As a general rule of thumb, anything that says 'syrup' or ends in '-ose' is most definitely not going to be skin-friendly but I thought it might be helpful if I listed some of the less obvious words used to denote sugar on packaging.

Forewarned is forearmed - make sure you always read the label!

1. Agave Nectar
2. Barbados sugar
3. Barley Malt syrup
4. Beet sugar
5. Brown Rice syrup
6. Brown sugar
7. Cane Crystals
8. Cane Juice (including evaporated)
9. Cane sugar
10. Caster sugar
11. Coconut sugar
12. Coconut Palm sugar
13. Corn sweetener
14. Corn syrup (including corn syrup solids)
15. Date sugar
16. Dehydrated Cane Juice
17. Demerara sugar
18. Dextran/Dextrin
19. Dextrose
20. Diastatic malt
21. Ethyl maltol
22. Evaporated Cane Juice 
23. Florida crystals
24. Fructose (including crystalline)
25. Fruit juice concentrate (extract)
26. Galactose
27. Glucose (including glucose solids)
28. Golden syrup
29. High-fructose corn syrup (also known as HFCS)
30. Honey
31. Invert sugar
32. Lactose
33. Maltodextrin
34. Maltodextrose
35. Malt syrup
36. Maltose
37. Maltobiose
38. Maple syrup
39. Molasses (including black strap)
40. Muscovado
41. Palm sugar
42. Raw sugar
43. Rice syrup
44. Saccharose
45. Sorghum
46. Sorghum syrup
47. Sucrose
48. Treacle
49. Turbinado sugar
50.  Xylose

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