Sosa DEXTROSE 650g
Take your pastry work and frozen desserts to a professional standard with Sosa Dextrose. A vital tool in modern gastronomy, this refined technical sugar is derived from starch and offers a brilliant solution for controlling texture, sweetness, and stability. Because it is notably less sweet than standard white sugar, it allows you to bulk up the solids in your recipes without overwhelming the palate with cloying sweetness.
For pastry chefs and passionate home bakers alike, this clever ingredient is a game-changer when engineering the perfect mouthfeel. It works brilliantly to regulate moisture and stop unwanted sugar crystallisation in delicate ganaches, soft caramels, and chewy biscuits. If you are serious about crafting flawless confections that stay fresh and smooth for longer, this belongs right at the front of your pantry.
Where Sosa Dextrose truly shines, however, is in the churn. Boasting remarkable anti-freezing properties, it significantly lowers the freezing point of your bases. This makes it an absolute must-have for creating ultra-creamy ice creams and silky sorbets that remain beautifully scoopable straight out of the freezer, completely free from icy, crunchy crystals.
Ingredients:
100% Dextrose powder.
Dosage: Typically incorporated at a rate of 6g to 15g per kilogram of total preparation, or utilized to partially substitute sucrose (table sugar) depending on your technical requirements.
Temperature: Fully soluble in both hot and cold liquids, making it incredibly easy to blend into any base.
Application: Simply whisk directly into your liquid bases, ice cream mixes, fruit purées, or chocolate ganaches to adjust the freezing point, control sugar crystallisation, or enhance moisture retention.
Features
- Subtle Sweetness: Delivers a mild sweetening power (74% POD compared to sucrose), allowing natural fruit and chocolate flavours to stand out.
- Premium Clarity: Completely odourless and dissolves seamlessly into fine crystalline form without clouding your preparations.
- Dietary Friendly: Plant-derived and perfectly suitable for vegan, vegetarian, halal, and kosher requirements, as well as being naturally gluten-free.
Properties
- Anti-Freezing Power: Exceptional anti-freezing capability (172% PAC), lowering the freezing point of frozen desserts to ensure a soft, velvety structure.
- Anti-Crystallisation: Effectively inhibits the formation of sugar crystals in high-sugar environments like confectionery and syrups.
- Moisture Retention: Acts as an excellent humectant, locking in moisture to extend the freshness and shelf life of baked goods.
Recipe Inspiration
Salted Macadamia & Native Honey Ganache Tart
