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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 a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts. It has an appearance and taste similar to honey, and is often used as a substitute for people who cannot eat honey and those who choose not to (such as vegans). It can also be used as a substitute for corn syrup. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 183 KB) A squeezy-bottle of golden syrup. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 183 KB) A squeezy-bottle of golden syrup. ...
Inverted sugar syrup is sucrose-based syrup treated with the enzyme invertase, and/or an acid, which splits each sucrose molecule into one glucose and one fructose molecule, giving a more rounded sweetness and preventing crystallization. ...
Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...
Magnification of typical sugar In non-scientific use, the term sugar means sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ...
A jar of honey, shown with a wooden honey server and scones. ...
Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...
Corn syrup, is a syrup made from corn starch and composed mainly of glucose. ...
Production
In cane sugar refining, the Golden syrup is a combination of byproducts at the crystallization stage, but an equivalent product is made by beet sugar refiners by processing a sugar solution and breaking down the disaccharide sucrose so that some, but not all, is converted into glucose and fructose. This is either done by acid hydrolysis or by adding an enzyme invertase. Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula C12H22O11. ...
Glucose (Glc), a monosaccharide (or simple sugar), is one of the most important carbohydrates in biology. ...
Fructose (or levulose) is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in many foods and is one of the three most important blood sugars along with glucose and galactose. ...
Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction or process in which a molecule is split into two parts by reacting with a molecule of water, which has the chemical formula H2O. One of the parts gets an OH- from the water molecule and the other part gets an H+ from the water. ...
Invertase (or officially beta-fructofuranosidase) is the enzyme used by bees to convert nectar into honey. ...
Typical chemical reactions are that the disaccharides are split by hydrochloric acid, resulting in a solution which is acidic. This is restored to neutral by the addition of lye, which is sodium hydroxide. The consequence is that syrup made according to these reactions contains salt (sodium chloride). Lye is a caustic solution used for glass and soap making. ...
The glucose and fructose crystallize less readily than sucrose but give equivalent preserving properties to the solution. As a result, golden syrups are less likely to crystallize than a pure sucrose syrup. The high fructose content gives it a sweeter taste than an equivalent solution of white sugar; when substituting golden syrup for white sugar, about 25 percent less golden syrup is needed for the same level of sweetness.
The term invert comes from the method used for measuring sugar syrups. Plane polarised light passed through a sample of pure sugar (sucrose) solution is rotated (optical rotation). As the solution is converted to a mixture of sucrose, fructose and glucose, the amount of rotation is reduced and the light appears inverted compared to light passed through the sugar solution.
Availability Golden syrup is widely available in Britain, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, but harder to find in North America.
One of the best known UK brands is Lyle's Golden Syrup, made by Tate & Lyle. The other UK sugar company, British Sugar makes an equivalent product under its Silver Spoon brand. Abram Lyle (1820–1891) is noted for founding the sugar refiners Abram Lyle & Sons which merged with a rival to become Tate & Lyle in 1921. ...
Tate & Lyle PLC is a UK based multinational food manufacturer and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. It is a major producer of refined sugar, starches, animal feed and other food ingredients with global operations. ...
In 1936 the United Kingdom parliament nationalised the entire UK sugar beet crop processing industry to form the British Sugar Corporation. ...
In South Africa, the most popular brands are Illovo Golden Syrup and the locally produced Lyle's Golden Syrup. In addition to the classic Golden Syrup, several flavored versions are also marketed, notably Maple flavor.
In Australia, CSR Limited produces a popular golden syrup, and Chelsea Golden Syrup has been a household name in New Zealand since the late 19th century. CSR Limited is a major Australian industrial company, producing aluminium, sugar products (notably including pure ethanol), and construction products. ...
Rogers Golden Syrup is available in Canada. KING brand syrup, a mixture of corn and invert syrup, is sold in many areas of the United States, often grouped with table syrups like maple syrup. A sugarshack, where sap is boiled down to maple syrup. ...
In Germany, Golden Syrup is a popular parfait, ecspecially in the western part of the country around Cologne. The best known producer is the Grafschafter Krautfabrik which produces Golden Syrup since more than 100 years. Köln redirects here. ...
See also Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar. ...
Treacle is an obsolete pharmaceutical term for a medicinal salve, usually given for snakebites, poisons, and various diseases. ...
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