When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dextrose equivalent - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrose_equivalent

    In all glucose polymers, from the native starch to glucose syrup, the molecular chain ends with a reducing sugar, containing a free aldehyde in its linear form. As the starch is hydrolysed, the molecules become shorter and more reducing sugars are present. Therefore, the dextrose equivalent describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose.

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conversion_factors

    = 205.196 548 3 mg carat (metric) ct ≡ 200 mg = 200 mg clove: ≡ 8 lb av = 3.628 738 96 kg: crith: ≡ mass of 1 L of hydrogen gas at STP: ≈ 89.9349 mg dalton: Da 1/12 the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest: ≈ 1.660 539 068 92 (52) × 10 −27 kg ‍ [20] dram (apothecary ...

  4. High-fructose corn syrup - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup

    In the United States, HFCS is among the sweeteners that have mostly replaced sucrose (table sugar) in the food industry. [7] [8] Factors contributing to the increased use of HFCS in food manufacturing include production quotas of domestic sugar, import tariffs on foreign sugar, and subsidies of U.S. corn, raising the price of sucrose and reducing that of HFCS, creating a manufacturing-cost ...

  5. White sugar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_sugar

    White sugar, also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, is a commonly used type of sugar, made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, ...

  6. Glucose syrup - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose_syrup

    Glucose syrup on a black surface. Glucose syrup, also known as confectioner's glucose, is a syrup made from the hydrolysis of starch. Glucose is a sugar. Maize (corn) is commonly used as the source of the starch in the US, in which case the syrup is called "corn syrup", but glucose syrup is also made from potatoes and wheat, and less often from barley, rice and cassava.

  7. Sugar industry - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_industry

    Sugar Prices 1962-2022 USD per pound. The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly sucrose and fructose).Globally, about 80% of sugar is extracted from sugar cane, grown predominantly in the tropics, and 20% from sugar beet, grown mostly in temperate climate in North America or Europe.

  8. Sugar packet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_packet

    Some sugar packets in countries such as Poland contain 5 to 10 grams of sugar. [1] Sugar packet sizes, shapes, and weights differ by brand, region, and other factors. Because a gram of any carbohydrate contains 4 nutritional calories (also referred to as "food calories" or kilo-calories), a typical four-gram sugar packet has 16 nutritional ...

  9. Sugar cube - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_cube

    Two-piece sugar cube packaging (Germany) Individually wrapped sugar cubes (France) The typical size for each cube is between 16 by 16 by 11 millimetres (0.6 by 0.6 by 0.4 inches) and 20 by 20 by 12 millimetres (0.8 in × 0.8 in × 0.5 in), corresponding to the weight of approximately 3–5 grams, or approximately 1 teaspoon.