Sugar can improve the sweetness of food.

Sugar is an important seasoning. Adding sugar to cooking can improve the sweetness of dishes. When it is used without revealing the sweetness, it can also reflect other functions of sugar, such as inhibiting sour taste and alleviating spicy taste.

2. Prevent deterioration

Sugar, mainly white sugar, used for seasoning in vegetables. Sugar itself does not have bactericidal effect, but it can regulate the growth of microorganisms. The main reason is that sugar can reduce the activity of water in vegetables, so that microorganisms attached to vegetables can't get the water necessary for life and reproduction, and even dehydrate microbial cells, and then they are in a physiological dry state. Although they are not killed, they also stop their growth activities, and vegetables are not easy to deteriorate.

Step 3 stimulate appetite

Colored food will make you look more appetizing and want to taste, such as roast chicken or roast duck, which will look ruddy and bright, sweet and delicious, and make people have an appetite. In fact, this is the credit of sugar. When sugar is added to baked or braised food, the color will be very beautiful, and the depth of coloring can be controlled according to the amount of sugar added.

4. Improve calcium absorption

Proper consumption of white sugar is helpful to improve the absorption of calcium by the body, but too much will hinder the absorption of calcium; Because white sugar belongs to "acidic food", it is easy to lead to the loss of minerals in the body, and the loss rate of calcium is the highest, which is also one of the causes of tooth decay and osteoporosis.

5. What should I pay attention to when putting sugar in cooking?

Remember to put sugar before adding salt when cooking, otherwise the "dehydration" effect of salt will prevent sugar from penetrating into the dish, thus affecting the taste of the dish and making it sweet outside and light inside. Many recipes will also tell you which dishes can be added with sugar, and list the added weight. In practice, we only need to put 2/3 of the prescribed amount in the recipe, which will not affect the flavor of the dish, but also avoid excessive intake of sugar, which is not good for health. Especially for the elderly and people with certain diseases who need to control their energy intake, special attention should be paid in this regard.

6. Tips

Rinse your mouth or brush your teeth in time after eating sugar to prevent dental caries. People with diabetes should not eat white sugar directly, and it is better to replace it with sweetener or pure honey.