: Explained: How sugar differs from other natural and artificial sweeteners #IndiaNEWS A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search

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Explained: How sugar differs from other natural and artificial sweeteners #IndiaNEWS
A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search of sweet flavours. In some drinks, you will find sugar. A diet soda might have an artificial or natural low-calorie sweetener. And found in nearly everything else is high fructose corn syrup, the king of US sweetness.I am a chemist who studies compounds found in nature, and I am also a lover of food. With confusing food labels claiming foods and beverages to be diet, zero-sugar or with “no artificial sweeteners�, it can be confusing to know exactly what you are consuming.So what are these sweet molecules? How can cane sugar and artificial sweeteners produce such similar flavours? First, it is helpful to understand how taste buds work.Taste budsThe “taste map� – the idea that you taste different flavours on different parts of your tongue – is far from the truth. People are able to taste all flavours anywhere there are taste buds. So what is a taste bud?Taste buds are areas on your tongue that contain dozens of taste receptor cells. These cells can detect the five flavours – sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami. When you eat, food molecules are dissolved in saliva and then washed across the taste...Read more

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