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SWEETENERS

SWEETENERS. From foukeffa.org Written by Teri Micke Ag Student Texas A&M. GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Course 02431 June, 2002. DISACCHARIDES ( 2 simple sugars). Sucrose (table sugar) = glucose + fructose

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SWEETENERS

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  1. SWEETENERS From foukeffa.org Written by Teri Micke Ag Student Texas A&M GA Ag Ed Curriculum Office To accompany the Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum Course 02431 June, 2002

  2. DISACCHARIDES (2 simple sugars) Sucrose (table sugar) = glucose + fructose maltose = glucose + glucose lactose = galactose + glucose

  3. MONOSACCHARIDES SUGAR MOLECULE SWEETNESS LEVEL Fructose 173 Sucrose 100 Glucose 74 Maltose 32 Galactose 32 Lactose 16

  4. POLYSACCHARIDE Many monosaccharides linked together in a huge chain examples: starch cellulose glycogen

  5. ARTIFICAL SWEETENERS • as little as 15 times sweeter than sucrose (sweetness level of 1500) • use less, decrease calories • not a carb - made of amino acids

  6. Example artificial sweeteners • aspartame • saccharin

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