NUTR 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Caramelization, Brown Sugar, Dental Caries
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Purpose: make things sweeter and more desirable. Sugar only directed linked with dental caries. Only disease caused by sugar are cavities. Obtain calories from more nutrient dense foods. Nutritive sweeteners containing calories that provide energy in the form of carbohydrates. Raw sugar product of cut and pressed sugar cane/sugar beet that produces juices, which are heated and thickened into a syrup through the evaporation of water. Containing: yeasts, molds, bacteria, soil, fiber, and other plant/insect debris. Granulated sugar (sucrose) crushed sugar cane and sugar beet that produces a concentrated, sticky syrup out of a vegetable product, which crystallizes at room temperature. Powdered sugar machine ground granulated sugar that cuts crystals into a powdery texture. Higher # of xs = finer grains. Invert sugar granulated sugar dissolved in water. Molasses product of highly viscous/sticky brown liquid sugar crystals extracted from sugar cane/sugar beet during the production of granulated sugar, which is then repeatedly boiled till caramelization occurs.
