Sugar

• Most concentrated carbohydrate foods.
• Sugar beat is now used instead of sugar cane.
• Sugar is made by processing.
• There are many types of sugar:
• Caster - fine grained, suitable for creamed cake and other mixtures.
• Others include brown, demarara, icing, black treacle, golden syrup, glucose and honey.
• Sugar is used mainly as flavouring.
• Sugar is used for caramelisation - heating and then melting. It gives a brown colour.