Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels

Other Names for Sugar on Food Labels: How to Spot Them

Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels

Other Names for Sugar on Food Labels: How to Spot Them

by Mo Mandegar, PhD on Aug 11 2026
Oats first, then cane sugar, brown rice syrup, honey, and apple juiceconcentrate scattered through the next ten positions. No single sweetenersits near the top, but together they may outweigh everything else in thebar. Sugar goes by more than 60 names on ingredient labels, and nearly allof them fall into five recognizable families. Here is how to read them, andwhat the Added Sugars line does and does not catch.