Types of Sugar

What is Sugar?
Sugar is made from 2 types of plants either Sugar beet or Sugar cane.
Sugar cane is grown in tropical counties where as Sugar beet is grown in the UK.

Sugar Cane

Sugar Beet
















Sugar in the Diet
Sugars are an important source of energy. They are quickly digested and absorbed by the body. Sugar is sometimes called and ‘empty’ food as it only provides us with energy and nothing else.

Types of Sugar
Sugar is added to many types of food and drinks for flavour, texture, colour and safety.

Sugars added to foods and found naturally in foods are:

Sucrose
Dextrose
Fructose
Glucose
Maltose

Sugars you can buy and add to food are:

Honey
Molasses
Syrup
Treacle
Brown sugar
Demerara sugar
White sugar
Caster sugar
Icing sugar
Lump sugar

Sugar Manufacturing
Picture showing how Sugar beet is turned into white sugar:

Sugar cane is turned into raw brown sugar in a similar way although where the beet is chopped into cossettes, the cane is crushed between heavy rollers until a brown liquid is produced. This is then crystallised and becomes brown sugar.

Apple and Sultana Crumble

Ingredients
1 Large Baking Apple
75g Plain flour
35g Margarine
1 Tbsp. Sugar
35g Oats
50g Sultanas

Equipment
Chopping board
Knife
Metal Plate
Mixing Bowl
Wooden Spoon

Method
1. Wash hands, put on apron and get equipment out.
2. In a large mixing bowl, rub the margarine into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.
3. Stir in the oats and sugar. Mix well.
4. On the chopping board, cut the apple into four and carefully remove the core, place all waste on a metal plate. Carefully slice the apple thinly and arrange the slices in your tin foil tray.
5. Spread the sultanas over the sliced apple.
6. Using a wooden spoon, sprinkle the crumble mixture over the fruit.
7. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Fruit Salad

Ingredients
1 Orange
1 Kiwi Fruit
1 Small slice of Melon
4 Strawberries
Small bunch of Grapes
150-200mls Juice

Equipment
Chopping board
Knife
Colander
Metal Plate
Mixing Bowl
Wooden Spoon

Method
1. Wash hands, put on apron and get equipment out.
2. Using the colander, wash all your fruit.
3. Chop/slice all the fruit into different bite size pieces and place in your container.
4. Pour over the apple juice and mix well.