Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar. In Cooking, a syrup (from Arabic' ar شراب sharab, beverage via Latin siropus) is a thick Viscous Liquid Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. (In some parts of the US, molasses also refers to sorghum syrup. Sweet sorghum is any of the many varieties of Sorghum which have a high sugar content ) The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which comes from mel, the Portuguese word for "honey". Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Honey is a sweet and Viscous fluid produced by Honey bees (and some other species and derived from the nectar of Flowers According to the The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction.
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Cane molasses
Sulfured molasses is made from young green sugar cane and is treated with sulfur dioxide, which acts as a preservative, during the sugar extraction process. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Unsulfured molasses is made from mature sugar cane and does not require treatment with sulfur during the extraction process. There are three grades of molasses, Mild or first molasses, Dark or second molasses, and Black strap. These grades may be sulfured or unsulfured.
To make molasses, which is pure sugar cane juice, the sugar cane plant is harvested and stripped of its leaves. Its juice is extracted from the canes, usually by crushing or mashing. The juice is boiled to concentrate which promotes the crystallization of the sugar. The results of this first boiling and removal of sugar crystal is first molasses, which has the highest sugar content because comparatively little sugar has been extracted from the juice. Second molasses is created from a second boiling and sugar extraction, and has a slight bitter tinge to its taste.
The third boiling of the sugar syrup gives black strap molasses. The majority of sucrose from the original juice has been crystallized but black strap molasses is still mostly sugar by calories[1]; however, unlike refined sugars, it contains significant amounts of vitamins and minerals. A vitamin is an Organic compound required as a Nutrient in tiny amounts by an Organism. A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific Black strap molasses is a source of calcium, magnesium, potassium and iron. Calcium (ˈkælsiəm is the Chemical element with the symbol Ca and Atomic number 20 Magnesium (mægˈniːziəm is a Chemical element with the symbol Mg, Atomic number 12 Atomic weight 24 Potassium (pəˈtæsiəm is a Chemical element. It has the symbol K (kalium from qalīy Atomic number 19 and Atomic mass 39 Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 One tablespoon provides up to 20 percent of the daily value of each of those nutrients. [2][3] Black strap is often sold as a health supplement, as well as being used in the manufacture of cattle feed, and for other industrial uses. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family
Sugar beet molasses
Molasses that comes from the sugar beet is different from cane molasses. Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. Only the syrup left from the final crystallization stage is called molasses; intermediate syrups are referred to as high green and low green and these are recycled within the crystallization plant to maximize extraction. In Materials science, a crystal is a Solid in which the constituent Atoms Molecules or Ions are packed in a regularly ordered repeating Beet molasses is about 50% sugar by dry weight, predominantly sucrose but also containing significant amounts of glucose and fructose. Solubility of Pure SucroseTemperature(Cg Glucose (Glc a Monosaccharide (or simple Sugar) also known as grape sugar, is an important Carbohydrate in Biology. Fructose (also levulose or laevulose) is a simple reducing Sugar ( Monosaccharide) found in many foods and is one of the three Beet molasses is limited in biotin (Vitamin H or B7) for cell growth, hence it may need to be supplemented with a biotin source. Vitamin H redirects here In medical slang "vitamin H" may also refer to Haloperidol. The non-sugar content includes many salts such as calcium, potassium, oxalate and chloride. Calcium (ˈkælsiəm is the Chemical element with the symbol Ca and Atomic number 20 Potassium (pəˈtæsiəm is a Chemical element. It has the symbol K (kalium from qalīy Atomic number 19 and Atomic mass 39 An oxalate (also ethanedioate) is a salt or Ester of Oxalic acid. The chloride Ion is formed when the element Chlorine picks up one Electron to form an Anion (negatively-charged ion Cl&minus These are either as a result of concentration from the original plant material or as a result of chemicals used in the processing. As such, it is unpalatable and is mainly used as an additive to animal feed (called "molassed sugar beet feed") or as a fermentation feedstock.
It is possible to extract additional sugar from beet molasses through a process known as molasses desugarisation. This technique exploits industrial scale chromatography to separate sucrose from non-sugar components. Chromatography (from Greek χρώμα chroma, color and γραφειν"graphein" to write is the collective term for a family of Laboratory The technique is economically viable in trade protected areas where the price of sugar is supported above the world market price. As such it is practiced in the US[4] and parts of Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Molasses is used for yeast production.
Substitutes
Cane molasses is a common ingredient in baking, often used in baked goods such as gingerbread cookies. Baking is the technique of prolonged Cooking of Food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an Oven, Gingerbread is a sweet that can take the form of a Cake or a Cookie in which the predominant flavors are ginger and raw Sugar. In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small flat-baked treat usually round containing milk flour eggs and sugar etc There are a number of substitutions that can be made for molasses; for a cup of molasses the following may be used (with varying degrees of success): 1 cup honey, or ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar, or 1 cup dark corn syrup, 1 cup granulated sugar with 1/4 cup water, or 1 cup pure maple syrup. The cup is a unit of measurement for volume used in cooking to measure bulk foods such as Granulated sugar (dry measurement and liquids ( Fluid measurement Brown sugar is a Sucrose Sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of Molasses. Corn syrup is a Syrup, made using Cornstarch as a feedstock and composed mainly of Glucose. Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of Maple trees In Canada and the United States it is most often eaten with waffles and pancakes
Other forms
In the cuisines of the Middle East, molasses is produced from several other materials: carob[1], grape[2], date[3], pomegranate[4], and mulberry. The Carob tree (from Arabic: خروب "kharūb" and Hebrew: חרוב Charuv) Ceratonia siliqua, is a Leguminous For the Tokyo University supercomputer see Gravity Pipe. GRAPE, or GRA phics P rogramming E nvironment is The Date Palm ( Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cultivated for its edible Fruit. The pomegranate ( Punica granatum) is a Fruit -bearing Deciduous Shrub or small Tree growing to between five and eight metres tall [5]
Non-culinary uses
Because of its unusual properties, molasses has several uses beyond that of a straightforward food additive. It can be used as a chelating agent to remove rust, as the base material for fermentation into rum, as the carbon source for in situ remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons, and it can even be mixed with sand to make mortar for brickwork. Chelation is the binding or complexation of a bi- or multidentate Ligand. Carbon (kɑɹbən is a Chemical element with the symbol C and its Atomic number is 6 In situ (ɪn siːˈtuː is a Latin phrase meaning in the place. Generally remediation means providing a Remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of Pollution or Contaminants from environmental Applications The simplest form of organochlorides are chlorinated Hydrocarbons These consist of simple Hydrocarbons in which one or more hydrogen atoms have
See also
- Boston Molasses Disaster
- Molasses Gang
- Golden syrup
- Rapadura
- Sweet sorghum
- Treacle mining
- Rum
- Shoofly pie
- Jaggery
References
- ^ "Black strap Molasses In Depth Nutrient Analysis" at World's Healthiest Foods
- ^ "Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Black strap Molasses", NutritionData. Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15 1919, in the The Molasses Gang was a New York street gang during the 1870s Golden syrup is a thick amber-colored form of Inverted sugar syrup, made in the process of refining Sugar cane juice into Sugar, or by treatment of Rapadura is the Portuguese name for a form of sugarcane juice used as a sweetener or as a Candy, common in Latin American countries such as Brazil and Sweet sorghum is any of the many varieties of Sorghum which have a high sugar content Treacle mining is the (fictitious Mining of Treacle (similar to Molasses) in a raw form similar to coal Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation Shoofly pie (or shoo-fly pie) is a Molasses Pie considered traditional among the Pennsylvania Dutch and also known in Southern cooking Jaggery (also Transliterated as jaggeree) is a traditional unrefined Sugar used throughout South and South East Asia com
- ^ "Blackstrap Molasses" at World's Healthiest Foods
- ^ "Chromatographic Separator Optimization" at Amalgamated Research Inc.
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