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We prize sugar for its sweet taste, but it has many other functions in cooking and baking. Sugar contributes texture and browning to baked goods. Yeast need sugar to regulate the fermentaiton process that causes bread to rise. Sugar adds mouth-pleasing bulk to ice cream and baked goods, preserves jams and fruits, and imparts a satisfying body or "mouthfeel" to beverages. In nonsweet foods- salad dressings, sauces, condiments - sugar enhances flavor and balances the natural acidity of tomato and vinegar-based products.
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Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2007.
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