1. Avoid major sources of added sugars.

These sources include:

• Regular soft drinks, energy drinks, and sports drinks

• Candy

• Cakes

• Cookies

• Pies and cobblers

• Sweet rolls, pastries, and donuts

• Fruit drinks, such as fruitades and fruit punch

• Dairy desserts, such as ice cream

2. Read the label.

Names for added sugars on food labels include:

• Anhydrous dextrose

• Brown sugar

• Cane juice

• Confectioners powdered sugar

• Corn syrup

• Corn syrup solids

• Crystal dextrose

• Dextrose

• Evaporated corn sweetener

• Fructose

• Fruit nectar

• Glucose

• High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

• Honey

• Invert sugar

• Lactose

• Liquid fructose

• Malt syrup

• Maltose

• Maple syrup

• Molasses

• Nectars (E.G., peach nectar, pear nectar)

• Pancake syrup

• Raw sugar

• Sucrose

• Sugar

• Sugar cane juice

• White granulated sugar

3. Read the Nutrition Facts.

Image of the part of the nutrition facts label showing how much added sugars in a serving and how much or your daily maximum.