On Food and Cooking

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Maltose 110


Glucose 100


Potatoes 95


White rice 95


Honey 90


Table sugar 90


Banana 60


Fruit preserves 55


Fructose 20


Some    Sugar   Substitutes and Their
Qualities
In this table, the sweetness of table sugar is
represented as 100. A sweetness of 50
means that the substance is half as sweet as
table sugar; a sweetness of 500 means that
it is 5 times sweeter. The sugar alcohols
and corn syrups with sweetnesses less than
1 are mainly useful for providing bulk and
viscosity with reduced calories and effects
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