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Hidden sugars are sweeteners listed under names most people don't recognise — like maltodextrin, dextrose, or glucose-fructose syrup. They're still sugar, but harder to spot on a label. Food manufacturers sometimes use several different sugar aliases in one product so that no single one appears first in the ingredients list.
Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight. By splitting sugar across several aliases (e.g. sugar, glucose syrup, dextrose), each one appears lower down the list. This can make a product look less sugar-heavy than it really is.
Check the full ingredients list — not just the nutrition label. Look for names ending in '-ose' (glucose, fructose, maltose, dextrose) and anything labelled 'syrup', 'nectar', or 'concentrate'. Or use SpikeSaver, which detects these automatically while you shop on Tesco.com.
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