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Sugar Syrup: A sweetener for cocktails, made by dissolving sugar in boiling water

Sugar Re-Export Programs: Administered by USDA, program regulations allow cane refiners and food manufacturers, subject to certain conditions, to import sugar exempt from tariff-rate quota provisions that apply to su . . . View Full Definition

Sugargate: Black fruited, female-pollinate V.rotundifolia (ie. Muscadine) variety. Has synonym name Georgia S.5-5-5. Derived from a Fry x Georgia S.29-49 cross. Reported to be unsuitable for the US Gul . . . View Full Definition

Syrup Of Ipecac: A vomit inducing agent. It is lowering in esteem in medical circles.

Sugar Price Support Program: The federal program that maintains a minimum price for sugar. The new program covers the 1996-2002 crops of sugar beets and sugarcane. Under the FAIR Act of 1996, sugar processors benefit fr . . . View Full Definition

Sugar: A carbohydrate with a characteristically sweet taste. Sugars are classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides, or trisaccharides.

Forfeiture Penalty (Sugar): A penalty paid to the Commodity Credit Corporation by a processor of sugar beets or sugarcane who, having taken out a nonrecourse loan, decides to hand over sugar pledged as collateral to th . . . View Full Definition

Gelatin Sugar Process: Daylight printing process using paper with a sugar and dichromate coating, which hardens on exposure to light.

High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS): Produced from converting to fructose a portion of naturally occurring glucose in starch produced from corn. A natural sweetener, HFCS production expanded during the 1980s as a substitute for . . . View Full Definition

Simple Syrup: A combination of water and granulated sugar that, when boiled, condenses into a clear, sweet syrup