Tag: sucrose

  • Solid Liquids: Cane Sugar, Fruit Sugar, and Honey

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    I hit a snag in the Solid Liquids Project (project index here) as I can get some liqueurs to dehydrate into a powdered sugar, but not others. In the last two posts, I think I've identified a commonality in the liqueurs that did not crystallize: they are probably sweetened with something other than (or possibly…

  • Sugar Spirit: What is Sugarcane?

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    In the Sugar Spirit project, we're going to look at sugar's history and production, but first we should establish what sugar and sugarcane are.  Sugar and Sucrose When we talk about sugar, we mean table sugar, or sucrose.  To chemists, sugar refers to a class of 'edible crystalline carbohydrates' that also includes fructose and lactose.…