Transcript Sugar
Sugar: More Than Just A Sweetener Prepared by Robin Eubank, M.S. Barber County Extension Agent Introductions • How many types of sugars do you have in your kitchen? • Thinking of sugar, name a role it plays in our food. • What are your experiences using nonnutritive sweeteners? • Have you cooked or baked with nonnutritive sweeteners? • Name a food you have tried with a nonnutritive sweetener. • How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar? Objectives • Increased Knowledge of – Variety of Sugars Available – Nonnutritive Sweeteners – Roles of Sugar in Foods • Experience an Example of Replacing Sugar with Nonnutritive Sweeteners Types of Sugar • White Sugars – Table Sugar – Fruit Sugar – Superfine or Ultrafine Sugar – Course Sugar – Sanding Sugar Types of Sugars • More Sugars – Crystalline Fructose – Powdered Sugar – Turbinado Sugar or Raw Sugar – Brown Sugar – Liquid Sugars Types of Nonnutritive Sweeteners • Acesulfame Potassium • Aspartame • Neotame • Saccharin • Stevia • Sucralose • Sugar Alcohols Cooking with Non-Nutritive Sweeteners • Sweeteners in packets – 24 packets equals 1 cup of sugar. • Less Total Volume • Less Browning • Mixing sugar with sweeteners Functions of Sugar • • • • • • • • Caramelization Color & Texture Retention Creaming Delayed Coagulation Enhanced Flavors Enhanced Mouthfeel Gelatinization Gelling Functions of Sugar • • • • • • • • • Gluten Development Leavening Longer Shelf Life Lowers Freezing Point Maillard Reaction Preservation Recrystallization Stabilizer Surface Cracking Sharing Lessons Learned • Educational Displays at Health or County Fair • Presentations to Community Groups • Host Taste Tests at Community Festivals or Grocery Stores Taste Testing Activities Yellow Cakes – Nutrition Fact Differences – Baking Differences – Taste Differences – 9 servings from a 9 inch cake With Sugar Without Sugar Cake Made With Sugar Sugar Compared to Sucralose Sugar Compared to Aspartame Sugar Compared to Saccharin Sugar Compared to Stevia Taste Testing Activities Drink Mixes – Nutrition Fact Differences – Taste Differences – 8 oz Serving Size With Sugar Without Sugar Evaluation • Page 4 of Leader’s Guide – Mail paper copies to Barber County Extension • Available Online – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NHQHWL6 Questions? The Following Slides are Optional Cake Made With Sucralose Cake Made With Aspartame Cake Made With Saccharin Cake Made With Stevia