Classifications of Carbohydrates
Sugars that are classified as 1 sugar unit is called
what is Monosaccharides?
The term in which all sugar attract and bond with water
what is Hygroscopic?
Brown sugar gives baked goods...
Color, Flavor and promotes chewiness
Disaccharides
what is... sugars made up of 2 units?
The sources of sugar that is most common in the US
Sugar cane
Fondant is made up of
water + sugar + glucose
An example of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides
Monosaccharides- glucose, fructose, and honey
Disaccharides-Maltose,Sucrose, Lactose
Sugar starts to caramelize at this temperature
338 F
Isomalt is used as artistic decoration because
Takes humidity better, Does not caramelize and Does not re-crystallize
Carbohydrate made up of many or thousands of sugar units
what is Polysaccharides?
the 5 stages of sugar heating
1.Thread stage
2.Soft ball stage
3.Hard ball stage
4.Soft crack stage
5. Hard crack stage
Malt does this to bread production
Helps control yeast in fermentation
Carbrohydrate which is made up of 3 to ten sugar units
What is Oligosaccharides?
name 5 functions of sugar
X don't use nutritional value,structure and texture X
Sweetness
Color
Feeds Yeast
Decoration
Stabilizes Foams (meringue)
Characteristic flavor (molasses, maple, honey)
Main ingredient in candy making
Helps delay re-crystallization of sugar
Helps retain moisture to prolong freshness (hygroscopic)
Helps in creaming process (softens mixture to create light and fluffy texture)
Helps preserve (jams and Jellies)
Gives color to baked goods (molasses)
this sweeteners is made from agave sap and not heated above 120 during the processing work.
Agave syrup