Sugar is not always sugar: it's hidden!

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May 23, 2024

๐Ÿท ๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต / ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜.

So we have just built a translator for "hidden" sugar in our GoCoCo App.

Honey = sugar
Brown sugar = sugar
Blonde sugar = sugar
Caramel = sugar
Date powder = sugar
Fructose = sugar
Glucose = sugar
Glucose-Fructose syrup = sugar
High fructose corn syrup (๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด?) = sugar
Invert sugar = sugarLactose = sugar
Maltose = sugar
Maltodextrin = sugar
Maple syrup = sugar
Sucrose = sugarSyrup = sugar
Juice concentrate = sugar with a little water

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.

Thanks Julio Basulto for the inspiration of the post!

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