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Invert sugar

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, invert sugar means: A mixture of glucose and fructose produced by breaking down sucrose, used in confectionery and baking.

In Turkish: invert şeker

How it is used

Often supplied as syrup; recipes may use it to influence moisture and crystallization.

Example sentences

  1. The confectioner added invert sugar to the filling.

    The ingredient changes the sugar composition of the mixture.

  2. Invert sugar syrup appeared on the pastry order sheet.

    Syrup specifies the supplied form of this ingredient.

Common collocations

  • invert sugar syrup
  • add invert sugar
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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