Sweeteners

Most processed foods contain sweeteners, many of which are artificial sugar substitutes containing no natural sugars, such as saccharine and aspartame. Aspartame, which is commonly used as an artificial sweetener, is made of three chemicals, Phenylalanine, Aspartic Acid, and Methanol, and Neotame. Aspartame can have a negative effect on your nervous system (brain) so much so that Aspartame is categorized as a Neurotoxin (brain poison) ( Chase, C., 2013). The sweeteners work by blocking receptors…

alternative sweetener to sucrose originally derived from corn. Through a chemical and enzymatic process, corn is broken down through the molecular levels until the monosaccharide fructose is produced (Parker et al, 2010). The product was adopted by the food and beverage industry in the 1970’s. Due to it’s diversability and cost effectiveness, it was embraced by the food and beverage industry with open arms as the new replacement for the original sweetener, sucrose. Today, HFCS is a major…

Carbonated Water water with carbon dioxide, which is a colorless, odorless glass that creates the bubbles characteristic of carbonated drinks. Carbonated water can help speed digestion, which is part of the reason why many people sip soft drinks for relief from stomach aches. DISAD/ SIDE EFFECT 3. Increase the risk of diabetes The high levels of sugar in soda can increase risk of diabetes. 4.Soda can cause osteoporosis( bone loss), damage teeth, kidney damage People who drink soda are at…

technically should help people lose weight and prevent health problems. However, instead of using real sugar, diet soda as well as all diet drinks in general use different ingredients mostly known as artificial sweeteners. So what is point of artificial sweeteners? Artificial sweeteners allow big soda fans to happily enjoy the taste of their lovely drink without consuming any calories. These ingredients however can lead…

this project, it wasn’t easy. I had no idea how to create a recipe from scratch and using natural ingredients also proved difficult. I discovered that using honey and other natural sweeteners is very difficult because the main sweetener I use in baked goods is white sugar, which is a solid as opposed to the liquid sweeteners I used in this project. This made things hard, because it was difficult to balance out the texture while still maintaining the sweetness. C: Though this project required a…

1. Select a sweetener – Fructose 2. Explore the history of the sweetener (when it was developed, its composition). In our book fructose is described as “sweetest natural sugar; a monosaccharide that occurs in fruits and vegetables” (p.882). It is also called levulose or fruit sugar. Fructose is a simple sugar that occurs naturally in foods. The composition of fructose consists of six carbon atoms, twelve hydrogen atoms, and six oxygen atoms. Fructose was discovered by French chemist…

its distinct ability to provoke an increase in uric acid. High-fructose corn syrup was introduced in America around the 1970s. It was perceived to have had certain advantages over table sugar with relation to shelf life and cost. We now use this sweetener to sweeten sodas, fruit punches, desserts, and even processed foods. As a consequence, the combination…

How To Use The Natural Maple Syrup For Getting Benefits? Do you like to use maple syrup? You want to know more about the product. It is a natural sweetener that has some nutrients. If you are going to have something special and sweet, you want to use maple syrup is a great choice. Some kind of nutrients is essential for everyone to live healthy and fitness. Essential ingredients are manganese, potassium, calcium, zinc and many more. All these ingredients are found in maple syrup. When you…

New research suggests that excess sugar, particularly the fructose in sugary drinks can potentially damage your brain. Researchers found that people who drink sugary beverages frequently often are more probable to have poorer memory, smaller brain size (volume), due to having a much smaller hippocampus, which is a part of the brain that is crucial for learning and memory. According to a follow-up study, it was found that people who drank diet soda daily were almost three times as likely to…

Tips To Use Maple Syrup For Preparing Different Food Recipes The pure maple syrup is the wonder of the world. It is well known as a great sweetener used for multiple purposes. The maple syrup also contains more than 20 compounds have linked to human health. Many antioxidant compounds are newly identified in the maple syrup and have anti-bacterial, anti-diabetic and anti-cancer properties. The production of the maple syrup is fully natural and contains minerals such as thiamine, calcium and zinc…