When Im reading a food label, its hard to tell what all the ingredients are, since so many ingredients have alternative names. Does anyone know all the names for sugar and flour on an ingredients list on foods?
2007-01-03 11:27:02 · 9 answers · asked by Heather 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Sugar and Flour are carbohydrates.
Sugar is typically known as Glucose. Please see the link below. Also known as Fructose, Sucrose, any type of Syrup (Corn, Rice, etc) is also 'added sugar'
Flour is ground wheat, a complex carbohydrate when not 'refined' as most refined wheat is stripped of various nutritional parts of the wheat germ itself. It's usually listed as flour, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, etc. Whole wheat is far healthier than any type of non-whole, refined, or enriched wheat product.
2007-01-03 12:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny Answerface 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So sorry--you are talking about ingredients on labels. I thought you were making something lol Sugar--types of sugar or sweetners are many. You would need to look that up on the net or in a book. Flour is pretty basic. May be different types--such a wheat flour--but the word flour should be there.
Sugar--dextrose, sucrose, glucose, maltose, mannitol, sorbitol, fructose, lactose--two sugar free sweetners is splenda and aspartame
2007-01-03 11:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Generally sugar is granular unless you are trying to compare powdered sugar to flour. The two look quite similar but generally the powdered sugar will be whiter than the flour. It never hurts to dip a finger in it and taste.
2007-01-03 11:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anna Hennings 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe that flour is always called flour, and they have to specifiy whether is is wheat flour, rice flour, corn flour...etc. Sugar can be called fructose, lactose, sucrose and if it's artificial they will tell you that, too.
2007-01-03 12:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar is sugar. They cannot call it anything else. You may be thinking of high fructose corn syrup. It is not sugar but is used as a sweetener. Sorbitol is not sugar but the body breaks it down as sugar.
2007-01-03 11:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by damndirtyape212 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I do not there are two sources for sugar, beet & cane. Follow the two links and you will have your answer.
2007-01-03 11:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by Smurfetta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go and have a look for the food additives books - most "health/natural food" shops sell them.
2007-01-03 11:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by robsta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sweetner flour wheat
2007-01-03 11:53:10 · answer #8 · answered by *L-I-V-E* 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i know you didn*t !!!!
2007-01-03 11:31:22 · answer #9 · answered by Barbie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋