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How is sugar used?
Learning objective:
• Identify the variety of uses for sugar
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How many different ways can sugar be
used?
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Sweet food products
Sugar creates a flavour change in sweet food products such as:
Soft drinks
Sweets
Biscuits
Cakes
Hot drinks, such as hot chocolate
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Savoury food products
Sugar can also create a subtle flavour change in savoury food products such as:
Bread
Baked beans
Tomato sauce
Crackers
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Preservation
Sugar can be used as a preservative, helping to
slow the growth of micro organisms.
This can prevent food spoilage in foods such as
jams and preserves.
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Bulking agent
Sugar also acts as a bulking agent
for products such as cakes, biscuits
and confectionary, such as wine
gums.
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Boiling and freezing points
Sugar raises the boiling point or lowers the
freezing point in certain recipes, for
example ice cream.
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Other uses
Sugar helps flowers to stay fresher for longer
when added to their water.
It is used to help in the
healing of some types of wounds.
Sugar is added to concrete to slow
down the setting process.
It is also used in the film industry
to produce glass for stunts.
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Summary
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Sugar is used in both sweet and savoury food products to enhance the taste
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Sugar will also act as a preservative, bulking agent or alter the boiling and
freezing points of foods
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Sugar can also be used in a variety of different ways which are unrelated to
the food industry
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Examples of sugar
There are a whole range of different sugars. These include the sugars made by
plants during photosynthesis, milk sugar and honey.
• Glucose C6H12O6 - fruit, vegetables, honey
• Maltose C12H22O11- barley
• Sucrose C12H22O11- sugar beet, sugar cane, fruits
• Lactose C12H22O11- milk
• Fructose C6H12O6 - fruits, honey
KS4 Extension activity: Investigate the specific uses of these sugars.
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