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FAQ REGARDING SUGAR AND SWEETENERS to Top

What is Demerara sugar?
What is liquicane type 50 sugar?
What is fondant & icing sugar?
What is powdered sugar?
How do you properly store brown sugr to prevent it from hardening?
What is bakers special sugar?
What is gel grain sugar?
What is manufacturers sugar?
What are some common sugar substitutes or replacers?
What is bottlers granulated sugar?
Can you help with the boiling temperatures for sugar?
What is superfine sugar and how is it used?
What is granulated sugar?
Where did sugar cane originate?
Where did sugar beet sugar start?
What is the average nutrient content per teaspoon of carbohyrate sweeteners?
How can I keep my brown sugar from turning hard in the kitchen during storage?
I have a natural sweetener that is an extract from the Lo Han fruit. It is 20 times sweeter than refined sugar, and I am trying to formulate it for sugar-free products, I need some kind of "filler" or bulk to take the place of the sugar's mass. Any ideas?
What are some of the different sugars and how do they differ?
How can I tell if my sugar is beet or cane?
How much sugar and sweeteners do Americans eat?
What is molasses?
I'm counting calories. How can I cut the amount of sugar in my cake and cookie recipes?
Are some sweeteners more nutritious than others?
Why is sugar found in many processed foods?
What is honey?
What is invert sugar?
What is evaporated cane juice?
What is turbinado sugar?
What is brown sugar?
What is raw sugar?
How is sugar processed?
What is sugar?
Is there a difference between sugar produced from sugar beets and sugar produced from sugar cane?
What is blended sugar (sugar/dextrose)?
What is high fructose corn syrup??
How can I tell if my sugar is beet or cane??
Does sugar spoil?
What can I do about white sugar that has hardened?
How can brown sugar be stored to prevent hardening?
Can I substitute brown sugar for white granulated sugar in recipes?
Can confectioners (powdered) sugar be substituted for granulated sugar in a recipe?
What are sugar-measuring approximate equivalents?
What are fruit juice concentrates?
What are liquid and invert swugars?
What are sugar trends?
What is the sugar content in selected fruits and vegetables?
How does sugar leaven a baked product?
What is the relative sweetness of different sugars and sugar substitutes?
You were working to have a cake for diabetics and so found a sugar substitute which was heat stable. When used in your cake formula, the cake removed from the oven was tough, rubbery with a cracked humped surface. Why?
What are the characteristics of mono and disaccharide carbohydrates of importance?

If one wished to stabilize an emulsion, one would likely use which kind of saccharide?

Indicate the influence of the structure of the "sugar" on the following products or parameters or phenomena"

  • Maillard reaction
  • solubility
  • yeast fermentation
  • What are the major classifications/classes of carbohydrates? What are various sugar blends?

    What are the characteristics of mono- and disaccharide carbohydrates of importance?

    What monosaccharides make up sucrose?

    What complex carbohydrates contain many simple sugar units linked together?

    When disaccharides and monosaccharides are added to water, what changes occur in the properties of water?

    Sucrose is a nonreducing sugar. Why does it contribute to browning in baked products?

    Discuss lactose.

    Why might one not substitute lactose for sucrose? What are the problems of lactose in use? What are the problems of lactose in food product development?

    What is the effect of cooling sugar syrups from a boiling point of 115C to a lukewarm temperature at 40C without agitation? Explain the type of dispersion and what would likely happen when agitation was begun. List three noncarbohydrates containing "sugar" substitutes.

    Briefly discuss sugars: lactose, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial sweeteners. What would be the influence of substituting these sugars for sucrose in a recipe - in cornstarch pudding, in sugar cookies, in lemonade, in yeast bread?

    Briefly discuss the contributions you might incorporate in deciding whether to use an artificial sweetner or not.

    What would happen if you had been using fructose instead of sucrose in aplets but they have turned out to be sticky. What are the reasons, and what can I do about it?

    Which of the following products are the result of carmelization? Explain.

    peanut brittle carmel syrup on a custard browned nice shortened cake crackerjacks

    In the following situations or foods, indicate the prime type of phenomena or reaction which forms the browning and the explanation for your answer.

    shortened cake
    apple juice
    peanut brittle
    pears
    bread
    caramels

    Why does sugar turn brown and develop flavors when heated above the melting point?

    What is the impact of lactose substitution for sucrose in various baked products and cornstarch puddings?

    When disaccharides and monosaccharides are added to water, what changes occur in the properties of water?
    You were working to have a cake for diabetics and so found a sugar substitute which was heat stable. When used in your cake formula, the cake removed from the oven was pale, tough, rubbery with a cracked humped surface. Why?

    Why is the formula representation important?
    What are some types of sugars?
    Why is the formula representation important?

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