Acesulfame What is Acesulfame? Acesulfame is an artificial sweetener used to substitute sugar in low calorie products. It is 100 - 300 times sweeter than sucrose. Acesulfame is most commonly used in foods and soft drinks in combination with aspartame to provide a sweet flavor without metallic aftertaste.1 Acesulfame is mainly available [...]
Peanut Butter Cookie What is a Peanut Butter Cookie? A peanut butter cookie is a flat, crunchy cookie made with peanut butter as the main ingredient. It is characterized by a strong peanut flavor, crumbly texture, and typical surface fork marks.1 Two types of peanut butter cookies are: Soft Chunky [...]
Shortbread Also known as shortbread cookie or biscuit What is Shortbread? Shortbread is a traditional Scottish cookie (biscuit, in British English) characterized by a crumbly texture and made with butter, sugar, and oat or wheat flour. Alternatives to plain shortbread are now made with chocolate chips, nuts, and confited fruit.1 It is [...]
Pastry What is a Pastry? Pastry is a type of dough made with flour, water and shortening. Baked pastry dough can be sweet or savory, and consumed alone or with fillings. Pastry is characterized by its flaky and crumbly texture, and rich buttery flavor.1 Shelf life of filled pastry is dependent on free [...]
