Treacle
Treacle (Template:IPAc-en)[1] is any uncrystallised syrup made during the refining of sugar.[2][3] The most common forms of treacle are golden syrup, a pale variety, and black treacle, a darker variety similar to molasses. Black treacle has a distinctively strong, slightly bitter flavour, and a richer colour than golden syrup.[4] Golden syrup treacle is a common sweetener and condiment in British cuisine, found in such dishes as treacle tart and treacle sponge pudding.
Etymology
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Production
Treacle is made from the syrup that remains after sugar is refined. Raw sugars are first treated in a process called affination. When dissolved, the resulting liquor contains the minimum of dissolved non-sugars to be removed by treatment with activated carbon or bone char. The dark-coloured washingsTemplate:Clarify are treated separately, without carbon or bone char. They are boiled to grain (i.e. until sugar crystals precipitate out) in a vacuum pan, forming a low-grade Script error: No such module "Lang". (boiled mass) which is centrifuged, yielding a brown sugar and a liquid by-product—treacle.[9]
Black treacle naturally contains relatively high levels of sulphite (>100 ppm, expressed in sulphur dioxide equivalent). These levels are deemed safe for the majority of the population. However, some allergic and respiratory reactions have been reported particularly amongst asthmatics. As such, that the United States Food and Drug Administration requires that levels over 10ppm, i.e. >10 mg/kg, be declared on the ingredients label.[10]
See also
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- Caramelisation
- List of syrups
- Treacle mining
- Treacle protein
- Treacle sponge pudding
- Venice treacle, also known as Treacle of Andromachus: see Template:Section link
References
Citations
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External links
- Template:Cite EB1911
- Old 'Recipes4us' page "Treacle Origin" Template:Webarchive
- CSR Sugar company of Australia – Treacle
- Sugar Australia website – refiner and marketer for CSR limited.
- ↑ "treacle, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- ↑ theriacus Template:Webarchive, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus
- ↑ θηριακός Template:Webarchive, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek–English Lexicon, on Perseus
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- ↑ Heriot p 392
- ↑ Bindu Nair and Amy R. Elmore, Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Sulfite, Potassium Sulfite, Ammonium Sulfite, Sodium Bisulfite, Ammonium Bisulfite, Sodium Metabisulfite and Potassium Metabisulfite, International Journal of Toxicology 22(Suppl. 2):63–88, 2003, page 67, [1] Template:Webarchive