The Ingredients : Sugar

jumps (61)in #sugar • 6 years ago (edited)

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in this part i write about the simple and easy introduction for the sugar.

Sugar, soluble carbohydrates, that many of which are used in food a sweetener ingredient that commonly used ingredient in kitchen. Sugar is a natural ingredient that has been part of our diet since a begining of the mankind. Sugars are carbohydrates that provide energy for the body. The most common sugar in the body is glucose which our body need to function properly. Some sugars are found naturally in foods (e.g. fruit, vegetables and milk) while others are used during processing and cooking.

Sugar fall into groups: Monosaccharides, Disaccharides and Polysaccharide,

monosaccharides is a simple form of sugar that can directly fermentable when it contact with Leavening agent such as yeast for bakery and can easily digest when it being consumed.
Disaccharides it's known as double sugar, a sugar that must be converted to monosaccharides by enzymatic action in order to be digest in body.
example; Human and most Mammals require enzyme called lactase for digestion of lactose found in milk and other dairy products.
polysaccharide is a complex form chains of monosaccharides and must be broken down into smaller portions before they can be fully digested. Although polysaccharides are a form of sugar, many of their food sources rarely taste sweet.