Is there any difference between golden syrup and treacle?

Answer 1

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Golden Syrup




All sugar in Australia comes from Australian sugar cane, milled and refined to extract the sugar in its purest form, as it was originally made by the plant.

Sugar cane is crushed in the mill and the resulting juice is purified and then boiled to produce a thick syrup. From this syrup, raw sugar crystals are formed leaving the dark, sticky liquid called molasses behind.

The only difference between the types of sugar on the market is the amount of molasses which remains on the crystal. So brown sugar is not more ‘natural’ than white sugar, it simply has a different flavour and colour.

Products such as golden syrup and treacle are produced by partly breaking down sugar into its components - glucose and fructose. This resulting mix stop crystals from forming and thus creates a stable liquid product.

White sugar - The most popular and widely used sugar. Its high degree of purity means it has no additional flavour other than sweetness.

Caster sugar - Dissolves more quickly than granulated sugar and has a smaller crystal size. Suited to baking – sponges, meringues, cakes

Brown sugar - Fine grained and moist, crystallised in the refinery from dark coloured sucrose syrup. Used in cakes, particularly dark fruit cakes

Raw sugar - Straw-coloured, granulated sugar. Pure texture, colour and flavour that makes it a favourite for for many people.

Golden demerara - Golden coloured granulated sugar with a distinctive rich flavour that is often favoured by coffee drinkers

Golden syrup - A concentrated, refined sugar syrup with a distinctive flavour and golden colour

Treacle - A concentrated, refined sugar syrup with a distinctive flavour and dark black colour

Molasses - By-product of the milling process usually used in animal feeds or for fermentation in Australia, also used by Americans for cooking.


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JAN

Answer 2

Treacle Syrup

Answer 3

This is another one of those “minefield” ingredients. Strictly speaking, Treacle is the British generic name for any syrup made during the refining of sugar cane. Therefore, theoretically, Treacle, Black Treacle, Molasses, Golden Syrup and Blackstrap are all treacles.



In practice however, there is a technical difference between “treacle” and “Molasses” in that molasses is obtained from the drainings of raw sugar during the refining process and treacle is made from the syrup obtained from the sugar.



In an effort to simplify matters, rather than start with the history of treacle, as with most of the Ingredient of the Month features, we are going to start with how the various treacles are obtained. The various types of treacle and Molasses are, in culinary terms, completely substitutable. Only the type of treacle/molasses used is of any importance when cooking.

Answer 4

Oh yeah! Golden syrup tastes a hell of a lot better than treacle!
Treacle tastes ok if ur in to gingerbread

Answer 5

Golden syrup is a thick, amber-colored form of inverted sugar syrup, made in the process of refining sugar cane juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid.

Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar.

Answer 6

Yes, One is refined cane sugar (golden syrup), the other is refined molasses (treacle).

Treacle tastes bitter, syrup is sweet.

Treacle is black, syrup is, er, golden.

Answer 7

golden syrup is---golden
treacle is darker and thicker (black treacle)

Answer 8

They're both the same as in they are both made from sugar. Both they look and taste different.

Answer 9

yep

Answer 10

no. they are the same thing.