Sweeteners Flashcards
What are the primary sources of sucrose?
Sugar cane and sugar beets
What is the most common sweetener?
Sucrose (table sugar)
What are the functions of sugars aside from sweetness?
Texture, browning rxns, fermentation, extend shelf life
What is the only sweetener of animal origin?
Lactose
What are the 3 major groups of sweeteners on chemical structure?
Sugar, syrups, and sugar alcohols
Glucose and fructose make up what?
Sucrose
When do sugar crystals formed?
When the solution becomes saturated
What are the forms of sucrose?
Raw sugar, turbinado sugar, white sugar and brown sugar
What is the most hygroscopic sugar?
Fructose
What is the least sweet among the sugars?
Lactose
Corn syrup consists of what?
75% sugar and 25% water
Corn syrup is a byproduct of what?
Corn starch production
Small sugars taste:
sweeter
Longer sugars contribute:
to viscosity
In HFCS production cornstarch is treated with alpha-amylase and converts it to:
dextrins
Dextrins is treated with glucoamylase and converts dextrin to:
Glucose
Glucose is treated with glucose isomerase and converts glucose to:
fructose
Glucose content of corn syrups measured in units of DE. True or False
True
What does DE stand for?
Dextrose equivalent
As DE increases sweetness increases. True or false
True
Molasses is fermented to produce what?
Rum
How is invert sugar syrup made?
It’s made by hydrolyzing sucrose
Sugar alcohols __________ be digested by bacteria that cause dental cavities
cannot
Aspartame should not be consumed by those with PKU. True or False.
True
What nonnutritive sweeteners is heat stable?
Neotame
