Are you a little bit confused by some of the words that appear on your ingredient lists? If so, the list below can help you identify other names for saturated fat, trans fatty acids, sodium and sugar. Simply keep this list handy in your purse, on your phone or on your fridge to help you make the healthiest choices possible when at the grocery store!
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Nutrient: Saturated Fat
Possible ingredients:
Bacon
Beef Fat
Butter
Chicken Fat
Cocoa butter
Coconut or Coconut Oil
Hydrogenated fats and oils
Lard
Palm or palm kernel oil
Powdered whole milk solids
Shortening
Suet
Tallow
Nutrient: Trans fat
Possible ingredients:
Hard margarine
Hydrogenated fats and oils
Partially hydrogenated fats and oils
Shortening
Nutrient: Sodium
Possible ingredients:
Baking powder
Baking soda
Brine
Celery salt
Disodium phosphate
Garlic salt
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)
Onion salt
Sodium alginate
Sodium benzonate
Sodium bisulfate
Sodium proprionate
Soy sauce
Nutrient: Sugars
Possible ingredients:
Brown sugar
Cane juice extract
Corn syrup
Demerara or Turbinado sugar
Dextrose
Evaporated cane juice
Fructose
Galactose
Glucose
Glucose-fructose
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Invert sugar
Lactose
Liquid sugar
Maltose
Molasses
Sucrose
Syrup
Treacle
Hint: Words ending in “ose” ar