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1. Technological features of carbohydrates in the food industry
The purpose of this paragraph is to present not only the functionalities that the various sugars fulfil in terms of technological leverage, but also the disadvantages and qualitative damage for which they may be responsible. These functionalities, presented in figure 1 , are multi-faceted and concern two areas: the technological dimension and sensory aspects. The selection of examples is intentionally non-exhaustive and deliberately oriented. The rationale behind the choice of products and food chains is based on the presence or absence of existing developments in the documentary base of the F treatise dedicated to agri-food.
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The French sugar industry employed 45,000 people in 2013, including 26,000 beet growers and 10,000 cane growers. Some 5 million tonnes of beet sucrose and 260,000 tonnes of cane sucrose are produced each year in mainland France and the French overseas territories. France ranks 1 er among European sugar and ethanol producers, and 7th worldwide. It is also...
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