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| Comparison
of Sweeteners
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Comparison
of Sweeteners in terms of calorie & mineral
content |
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| Sweetener
(1/4 Cup) |
Calories |
Calcium
(mg) |
Potassium
(mg) |
Iron
(mg)
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| Apple
Butter |
130 |
10 |
176 |
0.5 |
| Brown
Rice Syrup |
256
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3 |
140 |
0.1 |
| Brown
Sugar |
205
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47 |
189 |
1.2 |
| Date
Sugar |
88
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10 |
209 |
0.4 |
| Fruit
Juice Concentrate (apple) |
116
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14 |
315 |
0.6 |
| Fruit
Juice Concentrate (orange) |
113
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23 |
479 |
0.3 |
| Fruit
Source (granules) |
192
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16 |
142 |
0.4 |
| Fruit
Source (syrup) |
176
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15 |
138 |
0.4 |
| Fruit
Spreads |
216
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8 |
12 |
0 |
| Honey |
240
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0 |
27 |
0.5 |
| Maple
Sugar |
176
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45 |
137 |
0.8 |
| Maple
Syrup |
202
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83 |
141 |
1.0 |
| Molasses,
Blackstrap |
170
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548 |
2342 |
20.2 |
| Molasses,
Light |
172
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132 |
732 |
4.3 |
| Sucanat |
144
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41 |
162 |
1.6 |
| Sugar
Cane Syrup |
210
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48 |
340 |
2.9 |
| White
Sugar |
192
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1 |
2 |
0 |
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Source:
Fat Free
Baking-
Sandra Woodruff, R.D.,Avery Publishing Group, 1994 |
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From time to time a number of chemical sweeteners were produced and used by the public. With passage of time and further research, some of these had to be banned as being harmful to health. It took quite some time before such conclusions could be reached. In the meanwhile, gullible public were induced into consumption of such harmful chemical sweeteners.
On the other hand, sugar, whether expressed in terms of sucrose or fructose is a natural product and is a wonderful gift of nature to the mankind. It has many virtues and cannot cause health hazard unless misused. Therefore, the risk evaluation between sugar consumption and that of chemical sweeteners must take this important factor into account. Likewise some of the recently introduced chemical sweeteners may subsequently prove to be a health hazard since scientific research is a continuous process. Consumption of such products may thus be beset with unknown risk, which may become known later at a stage when damage may have been caused due to their consumption over a period of time. |
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