Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

460provide bulk in the food. Include sugar alcohols and hydrogenatedglucose syrup (see syrup, hydrogenated).sweeteners, intense (non-nutritive) Chemical substances thathave no calorific value but are intensely sweet and so are usefulas a replacement for sucrose in foods intended for diabeticsand those on slimming regimes. Unlike bulk sweeteners (seesweeteners, bulk) do not replace the volume of sucrose.See also acesulphame, aspartame, cyclamate, miracle berry,monellin, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, saccharin, stevioside,thaumatin.Sweetex TM See saccharin.sweetness One of the five basic senses of taste.Sweet’N Low TM A sweetener containing saccharin.sweet sop See custard apple.swells Infected cans of food swollen at the ends by gases producedby fermentation.A ‘hard swell’ has permanently extendedends. If the ends can be moved under pressure, but not forcedback to the original position, they are ‘soft swells’.‘Springers’ canbe forced back, but the opposite end bulges. A ‘flipper’ is a canof normal appearance in which the end flips out when the can isstruck. Hydrogen swells are harmless, and due to acid fruitsattacking the can.Swift test Method for determining the emulsifying capacity of aprotein or a meat suspension by measuring the volume of oil thatcan be emulsified, under specified conditions.See also active oxygen method.Swiss chard The spinach-like leaves and broad mid-rib of Betavulgaris var. cicla, also known as leaf beet, leaf chard, sea kalebeet, silver beet, white leaf beet, spinach beet.Composition/100 g: (edible portion 92%) water 93g, 80 kJ(19 kcal), protein 1.8 g, fat 0.2 g, carbohydrate 3.7 g (1.1 g sugars),fibre 1.6g, ash 1.6g, Ca 51mg, Fe 1.8mg, Mg 81mg, P 46mg, K379mg, Na 213mg, Zn 0.4mg, Cu 0.2mg, Mn 0.4mg, Se 0.9µg,vitamin A 306 µg RE (14692µg carotenoids), E 1.9 mg, K 830 mg,B 1 0.04 mg, B 2 0.09 mg, niacin 0.4 mg, B 6 0.1 mg, folate 14 µg,pantothenate 0.2 mg, C 30 mg. A 50 g serving (1 leaf) is a sourceof Mg, vitamin A, a good source of vitamin C.Also used as name for blanched summer shoots of globe artichokeand inner leaves of cardoon, Cynara cardunculus.swordfish Oily fish, Xiphias gladius.Composition/100 g: water 76 g, 507 kJ (121 kcal), protein19.8 g, fat 4 g (of which 31% saturated, 43% mono-unsaturated,26% polyunsaturated), cholesterol 39 mg, carbohydrate 0 g, ash1.5 g, Ca 4 mg, Fe 0.8 mg, Mg 27 mg, P 263 mg, K 288 mg, Na90mg, Zn 1.1mg, Cu 0.1mg, Se 48.1µg, vitamin A 36 µg RE