Sweeteners

According the USDA, corn is the most widely produced feed grain in the United States. The low cost of the corn facilitates its use in an array ways, ultimately making it the main ingredient in our daily diet. As I recently learned, it is not that difficult to grow corn. As a matter of fact, the government helps farmers in a way that they don’t make a lost, but instead they are compensated for it through farmers' subsides. This practice promotes an excessive amount of corn production; therefore…

They are mixed with vitamins, minerals, flavoring agents, salt, sweeteners, and water. The time, temperature, and speed all vary depending on the grain cooked. The cooked grain then moves into a conveyer belt that passes through a drying oven; the water remains so the cereal can maintain a particular shape. Unlike grains…

One of the most controversial food additives currently being used is the artificial sweetener aspartame. Due to the phobia associated with health related issues surrounding aspartame, there have been countless global studies on the sugar substitute on whether it is safe for human consumption or not. These include both animal and human studies. People who oppose the use of aspartame claim that its consumption could be toxic and lead to serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and even…

Experiment 11: Peptides and Amino Acids The purpose of this experiment was to study the amino acid composition of artificial sweeteners and then observe simple acid and base catalyzed reactions of the amino acid and artificial sweetener aspartame. This was achieved by performing a TLC analysis using ninhydrin as an indicator to observe the composition of the amino acid as well as two of the components that make up aspartame. This is followed by the addition of an acid or base to aliquots of diet…

“More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese.”(Overweight and Obesity Statistics) There are many causes of obesity, and it is costing the government a great amount. Obesity rates are soaring among adults and adolescents. As a result, type 2 diabetes is becoming more and more common and the lives of many are shortening. Since obesity has become an epidemic and something must be done about it, the New York soda ban on jumbo sized sugary drinks could help immensely towards the…

1- Concentrate producers requires low capital investment and fixed costs (as low as 50M$). Few relatively cheap raw material ingredients are needed as inputs in order to produce the concentrate hence incurring low cost of goods sold (0.22$  22% of net sales exhibit 4). Concentrate producers main expenses come from marketing and administration expenses that account for 46% of net sales (exihbit4). Using the Master bottler contracts, the concentrate prices increased steadily in the last two…

This paper will give you a background on freezing point and salt. Like what is freezing point and what does this affects. Also what would happen if you put salt in ice water if there is a effect to the ice and water. This paper will give background about basic chemistry of salt. Also it will give you some background on ice cream. How ice could effect ice cream. Water has the freezing point of 0 degrees Celsius. If you put a ice cube in water the rate of freezing and melting aren't changing. If…

Coca-Cola management over time Coke have celebrated their 131st anniversary since May 8th 2017. Coke has seen many changes over the years. When coke first started out, the product was selling nine drinks a day. Now coke sells about 19,400 beverages every second all around the world. Although coke is the most popular soft drink in the world, this was not always the case. Coke always had good advertising strategies from day one. Since coke started out in 1886 they started using coupons for free…

proven that a tax of 1 cent per ounce for beverages with added caloric sweetener would raise $14.9 billion in the first year alone. A 1 cent per ounce tax would increase the price of a 20 oz. drink by 15-20%. In Minnesota, this would cause tax revenue of $303,997,336 in 2014 alone. This is only one of many different tax plans. Another one of these plans is to “tax beverages that exceed a threshold of grams of added caloric sweetener or of kilocalories per ounce. If this approach were used, we…

A health crisis has been taking place with the excessive selling of food products that have an excess of calories and no nutritional value. This is the case of beverages that contain high amounts of sweeteners and whose consumption has increased progressively in the last decades. This increase is partly due to many people prefer to drink a can of soda to accompany their meals or refresh their thirst, instead of preparing a natural juice or drinking water. This reality has made these drinks…