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From: jin@hropus.UUCP (Bear)
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Subject: Re: Menu assistance requested
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 14:11:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 14:11:36 1986
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From memory: honey is 20% water volume by volume and 133% sugars weight
per volume (compared to white or brown sugar).  This means .75 cups honey
equals 1 cup sugar plus .15 cups water for cooking purposes.

The sugar content of honey (weight per weight) is about 30% glucose,
65% fructose, and 5% other sugars.  Therefore honey is, sugar weight
by sugar weight, a little sweeter than sugar, but not as sweet as high
fructose corn syrup.  There is little else to honey nutritionally, in
fact the only sweetener that provides significant nutrients other than
sugars is molasses.

Honey certainly will promote tooth decay.  Raw honey should *not* be
given to infants under 6 months because their stomachs are not acidic
enough to inhibit growth of the Botulism spores commonly found in raw
honey.  These spores are harmless to older individuals.
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			Jerry Natowitz
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