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Noticed something weird about 'no added sugar' jam at the store last week
I was buying jam in Portland and grabbed one that said 'no added sugar' right on the front. When I flipped it over, the second ingredient was white grape juice concentrate. I looked it up later and that's basically just sugar with extra steps, lol. It feels like they're just using a different name to trick you. Has anyone else found a food that hides sugar like this?
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parkerp805mo ago
Yeah, I ran into that with yogurt. Picked up a vanilla one that said "no sugar added" but the ingredients listed "evaporated cane juice crystals." Did some digging and it's just fancy talk for sugar. Now I just check the back for words ending in "syrup" or "concentrate" first. What's the weirdest sugar alias you've found?
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bennett.noah5mo ago
Honestly thought "fruit juice concentrate" was healthy until reading the label.
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alicesingh5mo ago
Is white grape juice concentrate really that different from regular sugar though? @parkerp80 has a good point about checking for syrup and concentrate, I do the same now after getting tricked by that "evaporated cane juice" in some organic granola bars.
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