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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.
1,260 Questions
What does unused sugar turn into in your body?
Unused Sugar/Energy (glucose) is stored in fat cells, which are burnt off when the energy within them is needed.
What is aspartame used for and why is it in gum?
Aspartame is a low cal sweetener used ion "diet" products. it is used because it is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. The FDA has made it one of the most widely tested products ever. it is unsure if it is safe or not but it is FDA approved. Supposedly it is to cause major side affects such as blindness, gastric problems, and respiratory problems. I hope this answers your question
Is it possible to make sugar free lemoncello?
Afraid not. And if you could, it would probably be horribly sour.
According to the label on plain M&Ms, they do not contain aspartame. The ingredients are: Milk Chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, skim milk<milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavors), sugar, cornstarch, less than 1%: corn syrup, dextrin, coloring (Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2), gum acacia. M&Ms candies may contain peanuts.
Is stevia an approved FDA alternative sweetener?
Not necessarily. Whole leaf and crude Stevia extracts are currently not considered GRAS (generally recognized as safe) and have not been approved as food additives.
Only specific manufacturers of the highly refined extracts (Rebaudioside A) have been given GRAS status. These companies and products are listed on FDA's website under "GRAS Notices."
According to Mary what does a spoonful of sugar do?
It makes the medicine go down in the most delightful way.
Why do Sugar Puffs have a weird smell?
It is the high sugar/glucose/fructose level of the cereal. People with sugary diets have this smell come out in their urine, which is why many people complain that, "Sugar Puffs smell like wee."
