Sugar

Sugar is a fundamental sweetener used in kitchens around the world. It most commonly refers to sucrose derived from sugar beet or sugar cane. In cooking it serves many purposes, sweetening drinks and dishes, preserving, caramelising and creating the structure of baked goods. Cakes, biscuits, jams and most desserts are unthinkable without it. When heated, it caramelises and gives dishes a characteristic golden-brown colour and deep aroma. It comes in various forms, granulated, caster, icing, cane or brown sugar, each suited to different uses.