Azúcar

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/azcar

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the botanical sources?Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) and sugar beets (Beta vulgaris)
2. What is the chemical name?Sucrose (C12H22O11)
3. What is azúcar and where does it come from?Azúcar is sugar, a sweet crystal made mainly from sugarcane stalks or sugar beet roots.
4. How is sugar made from sugarcane?Sugarcane stalks are cut, milled, and crushed to get juice. The juice is purified, boiled in vacuum pans, cooled to form crystals, then the crystals are separated, washed, dried, and sometimes refined.

Sucrose: A disaccharide carbohydrate composed of glucose and fructose, the primary component of table sugar.
Hygroscopic: Tending to absorb moisture from the air, a property that helps preserve baked goods.
Maillard Reaction: A complex chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars that gives browned food its distinctive flavor and color.
Centrifugation: A process that uses centrifugal force to separate components, used here to separate sugar crystals from molasses.