Avoiding fats, sugars or salt requires careful checking.

The ingredient list on any given product is obliged to specify the contents of that product. However, if you are trying to avoid fat, sugar or salt, you should be aware of the fact that they may be added in many other forms that are a little harder to identify. These ingredients can be scattered all over the ingredients list.

Below is a list of alternative names for ingredients that contain fat, sugar and salt:

Fat

Sugar

Salt (sodium)
  • Beef fat
  • Butter
  • Shortening
  • Coconut
  • Coconut oil or palm oil
  • Copha
  • Cream
  • Dripping
  • Lard
  • Mayonnaise
  • Sour cream
  • Vegetable oils and fats
  • Hydrogenated oils
  • Full-cream milk powder
  • Egg (cholesterol)
  • Mono-, di- or tri-glycerides.

 
  • Brown sugar
  • Corn syrup
  • Dextrose
  • Disaccharides
  • Fructose
  • Glucose
  • Golden syrup
  • Honey
  • Lactose
  • Malt
  • Maltose
  • Mannitol
  • Maple syrup
  • Molasses
  • Monosaccharides
  • Raw sugar
  • Sorbitol
  • Sucrose
  • Xylitol.
  • Baking powder
  • Booster
  • Celery salt
  • Garlic salt
  • Sodium
  • Meat or yeast extract
  • Onion salt
  • Monosodium glutamate (msg)
  • Rock salt
  • Sea salt
  • Sodium bicarbonate
  • Sodium metabisulphate
  • Sodium nitrate/nitrite and stock cubes.

 
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