This is what you might find in some of your favorite foods: Maltodextrin, Inulin, Methylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Carmine and Mono- and Diglycerides. But do you know what these big words mean? FitSugar does, and they decode these ingredients so you can become a more savvy shopper.

Consider this: Xanthan gum is a commonly-used ingredient made by fermenting corn sugar with a bacteria knows as Xanthomonas campestris bacterium -- the same bacteria that causes black spots to form on broccoli or cauliflower. Visit FitSugar to find out what else you're putting in your body.