### food | sweetener | sugar:

Simple sugar
* are a form of short term energy source used immediately by the body
  - absorbed into the blood rapidly
  - assimilated to form complex substances like starch and cellulose
  - digested more quickly than complex sugars
  - excellent cellular caloric sources
  - found in fruits, milk, milk products, vegetables, and processed sweets
  - sweet in taste and are broken down quickly in the body to release energy
* can also raise triglycerides
  - pose a much greater risk to health than fats
* contain little or no nourishment, although they do provide energy.
* create excessive swings in the blood levels of insulin.
* finds in food.
* known as mannose and glucose are present among the carbohydrates.
* make it hard to control diabetes
  - up the other group of carbohydrates
* provides calories.
* trigger an immediate insulin response which promotes fat storage.

### food | sweetener | sugar | simple sugar:

Hexose
* are the largest component in the cellulose part of softwoods, such as pine and spruce.
* is simple sugar

### food | sweetener | sugar | simple sugar | hexose:

Fruit sugar
* are crucial for flavor and marketability.
* becomes necessity.
* exists in all the sub-acid fruits as grapes, currants, apples, peaches, etc.

Table sugar
* combination of two simple sugars called glucose and fructose.
* contains no Vitamin C whatsoever.
* is half glucose and half fructose
  - made up of two simpler sugars called glucose and fructose
* is pure carbohydrate
  - sucrose
* pure form of simple carbohydrate.

White sugar
* comes from sugar cane or sugar beets that have undergone a rigorous refining process.
* has no calcium in it, while sugar cane does
* is highly refined, and requires far more processing to be converted into energy
  - sucrose, whereas invert sugar breakdown product of sucrose
* pure compound called sucrose.
* source of fuel and of nothing else.

### food | sweetener:

Syrup
* Most syrup contains nutrients.
* Much syrup sold today contains corn syrup and high fructose syrup.
* Some syrup is used to make other fine products like maple cream and maple sugar.
* add sugar and calories.
* are easier to dilute, but powders are more stable
  - liquid medicines, of a viscid consistence
  - sold in amber glass bottles
  - used in many different types of drinks
* becomes natural sweetener
  - popular sweetener
* happen to be one of the best ways to attract kids to herbal medicine.
* is liquids
  - located in waffles
* turn dry cakes into moist and flavorful ones.
* vary in strength from very light to heavy.
+ Syrup, Used in drinks
  * Syrups are used in many different types of drinks. Ice cream parlors add chocolate syrup to milk shakes.

### food | sweetener | syrup:

Corn syrup
* comes from the starchy middle part of the corn kernel
  - in two flavors - dark and light
* differs from corn syrup solids only in moisture content.
* is condiments
  - denser than water
* is made by chemically splitting corn starch with a weak acid
  - from corn sugar
* is mostly glucose which sugar most microbes can use
  - one of the leading versatile sweeteners in the food industry today
  - primarily glucose
  - the main ingredient of most pancake syrups
* is used frequently in carbonated beverages, baked goods, and some canned products
  - in some foods because it is less sweet than sucrose
  - to replace shortening
  - very common in the U.S., but less so in the rest of the world
* main ingredient in most packaged candy.
* provide the major source of sweeteners in food.
* syrup produced by the action of enzymes on cornstarch.
* works well because it very pure sugar, and it is liquid.

Cough syrup
* Some cough syrups can also cause a false positive.
* containing expectorants also help bring up the phlegm.

Grenadine
* is pomegranate syrup which is great in drinks and a good addition to the cocktail cabinet
* often contains alcohol.