DEAR DR. GOTT: I have both your diet and cookbooks but have a question about sugar. I use an artificial coffee creamer that claims to be sugar-free but contains “corn-syrup solids.” Is this really a sugar-free product?
DEAR READER: In a word, no. Corn-syrup solids are simply dried, powdered corn syrup. This and other sugars that may go unrecognized include maple syrup, molasses, honey, evaporated cane juice, sucrose and more. The easiest way to avoid most products with sugar is to look for the words “sugar” and “syrup.” [Read more...]
Sugar hidden in plain sight
February 10, 2010 By