Chapter 2.2

Extra efforts needed to purify beet sugar.

• True

• False

Sugar beet floats in water.

• True
• False

Cossette is milled to extract the juice for beet sugar production.

• True

• False

High pH is favoured to prevent the breakdown of sugar to monosaccharides.

• False
• True

Beet sugar molasses have better taste than cane sugar molasses.

• True

• False

Explain hygroscopic in one sentence.

Briefly describe the composition of white sugar, brown sugar and icing sugar.

Briefly explain how sugar acts as a tenderizer during cake making.

Explain how icing sugar contributes to the fine and soft texture in cookies.