Sweeteners

James. M. Schlatter, aspartame is the most common and popular food additive in the United States, making it the most consumed sweetener . This ingredient is 200 times sweeter than regular sugar, allowing people to use less of the product, which makes aspartame a low calorie sweetener . Consequently, aspartame is found in reduced calorie foods and used as a sugar free sweetener in products like Equal, NutraTaste, and Benevia . Currently aspartame is listed in over 6,000 products . Despite this…

High Fructose Corn Syrup Grenadine cordials usually contain high quantities of fructose since fructose corn syrup as the sweetener to sweeten them during the manufacturing process. Preservatives that include sodium benzoate are added alongside other additives meant to enhance the color and flavor. Freemantle (2017) notes that the high fructose corn syrup, usually derived from corn start, does not only contain the fructose content but also other sugars and glucose. Similar to glucose, fructose is…

the following evidence to support my position: Stevia is a sweetener that is extracted from the leaves of a plant called Stevia rebaudiana. This is a natural substitute for sugar that “…clinical studies show that they have no effect on either blood pressure or blood glucose response, indicating stevia sweeteners are safe for use by individuals with diabetes.” (SALEEBY, YUSUF). The response that the people had with this natural sweetener was positive that “Recent studies, including human…

I am addicted to sugar as well! From the movie “The Price Of Sugar” and reading it is self evident that sugar consumption and production have resulted to numerous controversies. From the movie it illustrates the demand of sugar has led to slavery among the Haitians as and their attempts to voice out their suffering is constantly erased. The reading further illustrates controversies that sugar production has resulted to such as health issues as it results to diseases like diabetes and peptic…

Carbohydrates are our body's major source of fuel. Therefore, they are our sugars, and complex carbohydrates include starches and fibers. HFCS is a simple carbohydrate, compared to fruits, milk, and sweeteners (brown sugar & honey). (Grodner, M., Escott-Stump, S., Dorner, S., 2016, p. 8). HFCS is a sweetener that all of our sodas and fruit-flavored drinks now contain. HFCS has been shown to be very similar to table sugar as well. HFCS…

regardless of the dose. By the 1970s, cyclamate was suggested to be a carcinogen by some rat studies. In response to the 1958 Delaney Amendment all sweeteners containing cyclamate were banned. This left saccharin as the only artificial sweetener on the market. Saccharin was mostly used by white, middle class women. Since it was the only no calorie artificial sweetener on the market, these women used it mostly to watch their weight and for their diets. A rat study showed saccharin to be…

Did you know there is a plant that is both a natural sweetener and healer? The Guarani people of Paraguay first found stevia many years ago and used it to sweeten their drinks at first, but later found that it also aids in digestion, heals external wounds and softens their skin. There are many uses for the stevia plant, but it is most commonly used as a no calorie, no side effect sweetener. Treatments range from non-chronic to chronic diseases due to the many properties, some of which are…

The first step in making the gum is by melting and purifying the gum base. Gum base is the “chew” of the gum. Next, the melted base is poured into a mixer that can hold up to one ton of ingredients. Sweeteners and flavors are added at just the right moment and in just the right amounts and then slowly mixed. This is what makes Wrigley gum so flavorful like the Watermelon and the Orange flavored Wrigley: “Extra Gum”. Thirdly, from the mixers, a large "loaf"…

fructose corn syrup has on the body, we should start with what HFCS really is. The sweeteners that we all know and love, such as table sugar and honey, are made up of two simple sugars: glucose and fructose. Simple sugars, also known as monosaccharides, serve as fuel for the cellular functions of our bodies and provide us with the energy we need to go about our daily lives (Phelan, 2013, p. 52-53). HFCS is a liquid sweetener that, like sucrose (table sugar), is broken down into simple sugars…

HFCS, aka high fructose corn syrup, poses as either the savior or the destroyer here and it’s because of it’s properties. High debates have been buzzing in the air for a while to whether or not HFCS should be either banned from our food supplies or leave it and just keep it. Well, where does HFCS come from anyway? HFCS originally comes from corn starch. When starch is broken down into its individual pieces (molecules), the result becomes corn syrup glucose (that’s 100% glucose). From there,…