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Sugar and Sweeteners
Sugar is composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It is used as a natural food stuff to sweeten the majority of other food stuffs that we wish to taste sweet. Monosaccharides is the simplest form of sugar. Sugar can be found in the tissues of plants before sugar use, honey was used to add sweetness to our foods. Sweeteners, rather than being a food stuff is a food additive. High intensity sweeteners, are a lot sweeter than sugar that we use everyday that does not contain the same level of food energy. Sweeteners can be natural or synthetic the majority are artificial. Sorbitol is a natural sweetener whereas saccharin, created by accident in 1879 is an artificial sweetener. Sweeteners can take the place of natural sugar, where the consumption of natural sugar may be detrimental to our health, such as diabetes sufferers. Canada banned the use of saccharin in 1977 as tests in relation to bladder cancer from the 1960's showed that their may be a link to bladder cancer of users of high dies of saccharin, also these tests involved the use of animals.
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How is stevia powder manufactured?
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What are some brand names for Stevia artificial sweeteners?
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The sweetener Stevia is a natural, calorie-free sugar substitute derived directly from the Stevia plant. It can be found in stores under the brand names Truvia and PureVia.
Where can you buy mini 0.5cm sugar cubes?
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They are readily available at most stores.
What are refined sugars?
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These are sugars that have been carefully treated to remove anything but the specific molecule that is desired.
For example, you take sugar cane, a kind of grass, shred or crush it to release the sugar cane juice, the sap of the plant with impurities. Calcium hydroxide and CO2 are added to the juice, which extract impurities. Then the juice is filtered.
The purified juice is then heated until it forms crystals.
These crystals are full of dark, flavorful molasses, and forms of it can be recognized as "raw sugar" or "brown sugar".
That sugar is then refined, by heating it until it melts, and then "washed" to remove the molasses.
It is then treated one last time, with phosphoric acid or another chemical, so that you end up with nothing but pure Sucrose.
Sucrose is a molecule, C12H22O11, that is one glucose and one fructose (fruit sugar) molecule linked together.
This is why sucrose and "high fructose corn syrup" are identical in your digestive tract, where the sucrose is broken back into glucose and fructose, exactly like the corn syrup, before absorbed.
There are similar processes for extracting glucose (the sugar your own body uses), fructose (fruit sugar), lactose (milk sugar), maltose (malt sugar), and others.
Why does powered sugar taste funny?
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This could be the result of many different things, for example where the sugar is stored changes flavor, in the refrigerator in a cabinet where there is a strong smell.
Does all granulated sugars have the same sweetness?
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yes gradulated sugars have the same tastes
Why is there sugar left at the bottom of your glass?
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If you leave water with sugar in it outside, the water will evaporate, leaving behind the sugar
Can plants convert sunlight into sugar?
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yes they can in the process of photosynthesis
Is white sugar refined with pig blood?
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I heard from one source on public radio that white sugar IS refined with pigs blood. I'm here to get to another source [one is not enough].
I'll go with yes, hoping to learn more.
Can lemons have more sugar than strawberries?
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Lemons do have more sugar in than strawberries even though they are sour!
What is aspartame and acesulfame?
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a poisonous artificial sweetener than causes cancer ...
What is brewers sugar?
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it could be several things depending on context.
it could be normal sugar being marketed to brewers.
it could be the sugar within the wort, or the sum total of the sugar from the malt, the grain, and any adjuncts.
it could be a clumsy way of saying priming sugar, the sugar added before bottling as a way of carbonating the beer.
add the context that the term "brewing sugar" was used in for a more accurate answer.
What is basterd sugar?
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Bastard Sugar is light brown sugar. It was named such, because it is neither granulated white sugar...nor is it purely brown sugar.
How do you make sugar free strawberry freezer jam with splenda?
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No-Cook Freezer Fruit Jam
Supplies:
Fruit - ripe, with no blemishes
Pectin - to thicken the jam, at most grocery stores.
Sugar - to sweeten and help the jam set up
Jars - use jars made for canning, they do well in the freezer
Procedure:
- Wash, hull, trim and stem the fruit.
- In a large mixing bowl, crush the fruit with a potato masher.
- Combine the sugar and pectin in another bowl; stir to blend well.
- Add the sugar-pectin mixture to the fruit.
- Stir fruit mixture for three minutes.
- Pour fruit mixture into jars; leave a half-inch of headspace at the top.
- Screw on the lids and rings, and wipe off any drips.
- Let stand for 30 minutes, or until thickened.
- After 30 minutes, freeze or refrigerate immediately.
Does sugar slow down evaporation?
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This question is mistaken. Solutions do not evaporate faster than pure solvents. Strictly, the solution would evaporate more slowly, because it has a smaller vapour pressure. Whether the effect would be measurable is another question.
Which country does demerara sugar come from?
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India...Sugarcane was used in Asia mostly and Alexander the Great found it amusing that apart from honey something can be used as sweet and popularised
