Contents:
- Medical Video: The 3 Best Sugar Substitutes (diabetic friendly)
- What is the difference between cooking with artificial sweeteners and with sugar?
- What types of artificial sweeteners can be used for cooking?
Medical Video: The 3 Best Sugar Substitutes (diabetic friendly)
Today, many are switching from using pure sugar to artificial sweeteners. Yes, artificial sweeteners are considered a solution for diabetics or people who adopt healthy lifestyles, but still want to taste a variety of sweet foods or drinks. Then, can artificial sweeteners still be used to cook a meal? Can all types of artificial sweeteners be used in the cooking process?
What is the difference between cooking with artificial sweeteners and with sugar?
If you are diabetic or at greater risk of developing diabetes - due to heredity - and then are advised not to consume sugar anymore, do not worry about not being able to eat tasty and sweet foods like before. Even though the portion can't be like it used to be, but you can still feel a variety of your favorite foods by replacing the sugar content with artificial sweeteners.
There are various types of artificial sugar and almost everything you can use to cook food or make your favorite cake. However, there are some things that must be considered if you want to use artificial sweeteners in your cuisine, namely:
- In baked goods, the use of artificial sweeteners will change the color of your cuisine. If you previously used sugar in baked goods, then the food forms caramel and is brown in a short time, but this does not happen to foods with artificial sugar. Food mixed with artificial sugar takes longer to form caramel and changes the color of the dish to brown.
- If you make a cake - for example a muffin or sponge - by using this sugar substitute, then the volume of the cake will not expand perfectly like when you use regular sugar.
- Artificial sugar can also change the texture of food, especially cakes.
- Taste aftertaste food changes, not the same when you use sugar.
- The time needed to cook food using artificial sweeteners will be different from foods that use sugar.
- Foods that use an artificial sugar mixture during the cooking process may not last as long as foods containing natural sugars, because natural sugars can also act as food preservatives.
What types of artificial sweeteners can be used for cooking?
Although almost all types of sweeteners can be used for cooking, there are a number of sweeteners that cannot stand the heat, so it will only damage the quality of the sweetener. one example is aspartame.
Aspartame is the most unstable sweetener if heated in high temperatures, so this type of sweetener is not suitable for cooking. Not only does the quality change, if you use aspartame when cooking, this artificial sugar will change the taste of the food to be less tasty. While saccharin and sucralose are the most reliable types of artificial sugar in the cooking process. Both types of artificial sugar hold heat and easily blend with the food being cooked.
