Dictionary Definition: added sugars

added sugars

Sugars, syrups, and other caloric sweeteners that are added to processed or prepared foods. Added sugars do not include sugars that occur naturally, for example fructose in fruit or lactose in milk. Names for added sugars include brown sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose (when not naturally occurring), fruit juice concentrates, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, lactose (when not in milk or dairy products), maltose, malt syrup, molasses, raw sugar, sucrose, and turbinado sugar.