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Sugar: More Than Just A Sweetener

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?

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Sugar: More Than Just A Sweetener

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  1. Sugar:More Than Just A Sweetener Prepared by Robin Eubank, M.S. Barber County Extension Agent

  2. 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?

  3. Objectives • Increased Knowledge of • Variety of Sugars Available • Nonnutritive Sweeteners • Roles of Sugar in Foods • Experience an Example of Replacing Sugar with Nonnutritive Sweeteners

  4. Types of Sugar • White Sugars • Table Sugar • Fruit Sugar • Superfine or Ultrafine Sugar • Course Sugar • Sanding Sugar

  5. Types of Sugars • More Sugars • Crystalline Fructose • Powdered Sugar • Turbinado Sugar or Raw Sugar • Brown Sugar • Liquid Sugars

  6. Types of Nonnutritive Sweeteners • Acesulfame Potassium • Aspartame • Neotame • Saccharin • Stevia • Sucralose • Sugar Alcohols

  7. Cooking with Non-Nutritive Sweeteners • Sweeteners in packets • 24 packets equals 1 cup of sugar. • Less Total Volume • Less Browning • Mixing sugar with sweeteners

  8. Functions of Sugar • Caramelization • Color & Texture Retention • Creaming • Delayed Coagulation • Enhanced Flavors • Enhanced Mouthfeel • Gelatinization • Gelling

  9. Functions of Sugar • Gluten Development • Leavening • Longer Shelf Life • Lowers Freezing Point • Maillard Reaction • Preservation • Recrystallization • Stabilizer • Surface Cracking

  10. Sharing Lessons Learned • Educational Displays at Health or County Fair • Presentations to Community Groups • Host Taste Tests at Community Festivals or Grocery Stores

  11. Taste Testing Activities Yellow Cakes • Nutrition Fact Differences • Baking Differences • Taste Differences • 9 servings from a 9 inch cake With Sugar Without Sugar

  12. Cake Made With Sugar

  13. Sugar Compared to Sucralose

  14. Sugar Compared to Aspartame

  15. Sugar Compared to Saccharin

  16. Sugar Compared to Stevia

  17. Taste Testing Activities Drink Mixes • Nutrition Fact Differences • Taste Differences • 8 oz Serving Size With Sugar Without Sugar

  18. Evaluation • Page 4 of Leader’s Guide • Mail paper copies to Barber County Extension • Available Online • http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NHQHWL6

  19. Questions?

  20. The Following Slides are Optional

  21. Cake Made With Sucralose

  22. Cake Made With Aspartame

  23. Cake Made With Saccharin

  24. Cake Made With Stevia

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