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Molasses

Level 4Significant concerns

Molasses is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: blackstrap molasses, treacle

Where you'll see it

baked goods, baked beans, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, dark breads

What the research says

Molasses is a sugar refining by-product, primarily sucrose, that delivers the same hepatic fructose burden as table sugar despite trace minerals. [metabolical] Molasses is a sugar refining by-product, primarily sucrose, that delivers the same hepatic fructose burden as table sugar despite trace minerals.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Metabolical (Lustig)Chapter 24: sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, maple syrup, honey, agave, molasses, brown sugar, turbinado, muscovado, and demerara