Various Names for Sugar

Shine publication released a good list of definitions for the various names utilized for sugar in packaged foods. Take a look at the list. It will be handy when you read ingredients in processed food packages.

Cerelose® -- A corn-based sweetener.
Clintose® -- Also a corn-based sweetener.
Dextrose/Staleydex® -- Can come from plants, fruit, honey.
Fructose -- The sweetest of all natural sweeteners; can come from plants, fruit, honey.
Lactose -- Milk sugar.
Maltose/Maltodextrin -- Powder form derived from various starches; only moderately sweet.
Rice syrup -- Sugar made from rice.
Sucrose -- Also known as table sugar.

Sources: Shine,  Adriana Velez