Seventy% - Topic: inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.0 Hans-Peter Rot on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6121 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6121 No problem, but just to be safe, I would run a test batch to see how the honey reacts. Better to find a flaw in a small test run than in a full scale batch that could cost you more than you can allow. Also, I want to point out that a lot of people will add baking soda to a recipe in which they use honey as a substitute because this often counters the acidity of honey and adds another degree of softness and leavening to the final product. Depending on what you're making, though, this may not be required.

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:09:53 +0000 gap on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6120 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6120 Thanks Montegrano - that's good news for my selection of recipes and my budget!

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:04:23 +0000 Hans-Peter Rot on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6119 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6119 Basically, yes, because honey is a natural invert sugar that has not been further elaborated on by man. In fact, invert sugar is sometimes referred to as artifical honey because its composition and properties are the same.

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:18:19 +0000 gap on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6118 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6118 To pick-up on this thread . . .

Do the above posts mean that honey can be used as a substitute for invert sugar (leaving the issue of taste aside)?

The only source I can find for commercial invert sugar stocks it in 14kg lots which is a bit beyond my needs.

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:45:37 +0000 Hans-Peter Rot on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6117 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6117 When a solution of sucrose (table sugar) is heated in the presence of an acid, it breaks apart into two subsugars called glucose and fructose. This process is called inversion, and the resulting mixture is called invert sugar or invert syrup (invert sugar always exists as a syrup because of the inability of the fructose to crystallize in the presence of glucose and sucrose). Invert sugar is 75% glucose and fructose and 25% sucrose. It's used in candy making because they limit the extent of sucrose crystallization.

Golden syrup is a cane syrup (as opposed to corn syrup) and being as such (derived from cane sugar), it has a more intense sweetness and richness. They generally have a combination of sucrose (25-30%) and invert sugars (50%) and also have a milder and more caramel-like flavor.

]]> Sun, 22 May 2005 20:46:35 +0000 guernsey ben on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6116 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6116 thank for that if you could go in to it more that would be great i always think that the more you no about something the better it is

]]> Sat, 21 May 2005 17:34:53 +0000 guernsey ben on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6115 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6115

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Originally posted by Montegrano

Is it artificial or natural invert sugar? Some recipes call for natural invert sugar (e.g. honey) because it doesn't crystallize (the structural components won't allow it), and it allows for easy caramelization. Artificial invert sugar (treated with an acid such as cream of tartar) browns less because the acidity slows down caramelizaton. Golden syrup actually is a combination of invert sugar (approximately 50%) and sucrose and has a much milder flavor. Invert sugar also has a more intense sweetness than golden syrup. If you're interested in the actual properties and components of these I can explain, but I won't go into it if you don't want me to.

]]> Sat, 21 May 2005 17:30:03 +0000 Hans-Peter Rot on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6114 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p6114 Is it artificial or natural invert sugar? Some recipes call for natural invert sugar (e.g. honey) because it doesn't crystallize (the structural components won't allow it), and it allows for easy caramelization. Artificial invert sugar (treated with an acid such as cream of tartar) browns less because the acidity slows down caramelizaton. Golden syrup actually is a combination of invert sugar (approximately 50%) and sucrose and has a much milder flavor. Invert sugar also has a more intense sweetness than golden syrup. If you're interested in the actual properties and components of these I can explain, but I won't go into it if you don't want me to.

]]> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:23:00 +0000 guernsey ben on inverted sugar help !!! http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p438 Ingredients http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/ingredients/inverted-sugar--help-/#p438 i live on a small island i want try some new recipes but they have inverted sugar in them could i use something like golden syrup?

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