The ultimate guide to sugars & sweeteners
Subtitle: discover the taste, use, nutrition, science, and lore of everything from agave nectar to xylitol
By: Alan Barclay, PhD, Philippa Sandall, and Claudia Shwide-Slavin, MS, RD, CDE
Contributors: Sandall, Philippa; Shwide-Slavin, Claudia
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781615192168
Subjects: Sweeteners
Other titles: Ultimate guide to sugars and sweeteners
Description: "Today's supermarkets and natural food stores feature a bewildering variety of sugars and alternative sweeteners. The deluge of conflicting information doesn't help. Consumers are left to wonder: which sweeteners perform well in baking? Will the kids notice if I sub in stevia? What's the best pick if I'm watching my waistline, blood sugar, or environmental impact? Are any of them really superfoods - or toxic? For foodies, bakers, carb counters, parents, chefs and clinicians, this ... features more than 180 alphabetical entries on natural and artificial sweeteners ... myth-busting Q&As, trivia about history and production, side-by-side comparisons of how sweeteners perform in classic baked goods, and info on food-additive regulations, dental health, the glycemic index, and more"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sugars and sweeteners A to Z; title: Health matters. Added sugars equal added calories; title: Sugars, sweeteners and digestion; title: Additional health issues; title: Special diets; title: Sweet talk on labels; title: Test kitchen: substituting sugars and sweeteners in two classic recipes (Challenge 1. Vanilla butter cookie ; Challenge 2. Blueberry bran muffin); title: Appendix: Brand names of high-intensity, nonnutritive seeteners.