sweetenings
Making things sugary
Sweetenings are substances added to make food or drink taste sweeter—sugar, honey, maple syrup, artificial sweeteners.
The word appears most often in recipes or ingredient discussions: The recipe calls for natural sweetenings like agave or date syrup.
Less commonly, sweetenings refers to acts of making something more pleasant or palatable.
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- agaveSpiny desert succulent
maple syrup · corn syrup · high-fructose corn syrup · stevia · monk fruit · aspartame · sucralose · saccharin
Sweet cake covering
- icingSweet cake covering
- glazeThin lustrous coating
- caramelCooked sugar confection
- ganacheChocolate-cream confection blend
buttercream · fondant · compote · drizzle · sauce · simple syrup · reduction · infusion
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
- glucosePrimary cellular fuel
- fructoseMonosaccharide in produce
- lactoseDisaccharide in dairy
- maltoseTwo-glucose disaccharide
dextrose · caramelization · glycemic · fermentation · crystallization · inversion · hydrolysis · saccharide
sugar
Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener
agave · maple syrup · corn syrup · high-fructose corn syrup · stevia · monk fruit · aspartame · sucralose · saccharin · xylitol
frosting
Sweet cake covering
ganache · buttercream · fondant · compote · drizzle · sauce · simple syrup · reduction · infusion · maceration
sucrose
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
maltose · dextrose · caramelization · glycemic · fermentation · crystallization · inversion · hydrolysis · saccharide · disaccharide
sweeteningssourings
Processes of turning tart
acidifying · embittering · salting · pickling · brining
sweeteningssourings
Processes of turning tart
souring · embittering · harshening · worsening · aggravating
- sweetening the potAdding value to entice
- sweetening upTrying to please someone
- sweetening agentMakes food sugary