Monday, March 8, 2010 Sugar - Know the Facts Here we are, the
third installment of the Sugar series of Know the Facts. Today
I'm talking about good old table sugar. I began writing this
series because I wanted to know the facts about the science of
sugars, meaning glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, dextrose,
disaccharides, monosaccharides, and so forth. Table sugar has
become the black sheep of the sugar family and I wanted to try
to understand why people feel that other sweeteners are better.
I'm starting to get it, although I have to say I don't
necessarily agree. When I'm done with this series I will share
with you my thoughts about sugars, but for now, onto the facts.
In the meantime, you might find this post, and the linked
article interesting. Table sugar, made from either sugar cane or
sugar beets is made up of sucrose which is a disaccharide - a
combination of glucose and fructose. Originally, people chewed
sugar cane raw to extract the sweetness. Around the year 350 AD,
Indians discovered how to cr