Not exact matches
almond paste: a sweet paste made from finely ground blanched almonds mixed with powdered
sugar and enough
glucose or syrup to
bind it together.
The usual
glucose syrup, muscovado
sugar and honey used for
binding granola bars are replaced with Dark and Golden Date Juice Concentrates which allow refined
sugar free claims and are suitable for vegans.
Glucose syrup that is usually used for
binding granola has been replaced by 100 % natural Date Juice Concentrate, which reduces the overall
sugar content, enhances the flavour and provides for a clean label.
Regular cane
sugar (sucrose) is made of two -
sugar molecules
bound tightly together —
glucose and fructose in equal amounts.The enzymes in your digestive tract must break down the sucrose into
glucose and fructose, which are then absorbed into the body.
When blood -
glucose levels are high, the
sugar binds to insulin and activates it, allowing the insulin to stimulate cells to absorb the excess
sugar.
It is a single
sugar molecule like
glucose and works by preventing heparanase from
binding to a leucocyte.
It is made up of two simple
sugars -
Glucose and Galactose
bound together by a glycosidic linkage.
In terms of chemical structure, the fructose and
glucose in high fructose corn syrup are not
bound together like in granulated
sugar (sucrose).
Because the
glucose is
bound to the fructose, it is not freely floating around in the
sugar water and that is why it doesn't show up on a stick testing for
glucose.
Glucose also comes with this issue, but it is seven times less likely to
bind to proteins, making it a much safer
sugar.
Lactose consists of two
sugar molecules that are
bound together,
glucose and galactose.
Both are made of fructose and
glucose, but in
sugar, the two compounds are
bound tightly together and require an extra step to metabolize.