• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2021

Purpose: This paper uses the resource-dependency theory to present the case of the Pakistan sugar industry to highlight how the industry uses a strategic alliance to gain a powerful bargaining position over its critical dependencies. The case of the Pakistan sugar industry is well-known and it is common knowledge that the alliance or the cartel within it is responsible for frequent price hikes and sugar supply shortages in the country. Research design, data and methodology: We use a case study, qualitative document analysis design to trace how the alliance overcomes its various dependencies, and in doing so, how does it harm various stakeholder interests. Results: This paper finds that the sugar industry alliance maintains its bargaining power by manipulating sugar supply through horizontal alliances, political affiliations, underselling and under-reporting sugar stocks, purchasing sugarcane from the black market, and by gaining billions of rupees in export subsidies by hoarding stock and using its political connections. Conclusion: The paper concludes by providing a summary of the measures which the government has taken to curb this anticompetitive conduct; the most important of which is the removal of protectionist measures for sugar trade and allowing market forces to control the demand and supply of sugar in the local market.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.102-114
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• 2021

In Korea, a sugar company was first established at Pyongyang in 1920. But the real sugar industry began in 1953 when CJ Cheiljedang produced sugar at its Busan plant. Currently, three companies, CJ Cheiljedang, Samyang Corp., and TS Corp. are participating in the sugar industry. Sugar production increased from 647 tons in 1953 to 1,423 thousand tons in 2019. This means that the sugar industry has been grown by 2,200 times compared to 1953. Before 1953, all sugar consumed in Korea was imported, but now about 300 thousand tons, a 20 percent of sugar produced annually is exported. Population increase, economic growth, and food industry development contributed to the growth of sugar industry. However, recently the sugar industry has been stagnated due to the decrease of population and economic growth rate, and campaign of sugars and calories reduction. To overcome it, the continued development of various sugar application using emerging biotechnology is needed.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.610-614
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• 2007

Dynamic rheological properties of honeys with invert sugar at different mixing ratios of honey and invert sugar (10/0, 812, and 6/4 ratios) were evaluated at various low temperatures (-15, -10, -5, and $0^{\circ}C$) using a controlled stress rheometer for small-deformation oscillatory measurements. Honey-invert sugar mixtures displayed a liquid-like behavior, with loss modulus (G") predominating over storage modulus (G') (G">>G'), showing the high dependence on frequency (${\omega}$). The magnitudes of G' and G" increased with a decrease in temperature while their predominant increases were noticed at -10 and $-15^{\circ}C$. The greater tan ${\delta}$ values were found at higher temperature and ratio of honey to invert sugar, indicating that the honey samples at subzero temperatures become more viscous with increased ratio of honey to invert sugar and temperature. The time-temperature superposition (TTS) principle was used to bring G" values at various temperatures together into a single master curve. The TTS principle was suitable for the honey samples in the liquid-like state. The progress of viscous property (G") was also described well by the Arrhenius equation with high determination coefficients ($R^2=0.99$). Dynamic rheological properties of honey samples seem to be greatly influenced by the addition of invert sugar.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2001

유화제가 찹쌀떡의 품질에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 monoglyceride, lecithin, sugar ester를 찹쌀분말 대비 각각 0.5%, 1%씩 혼합하여 falling number, RVA를 측정하고 찹쌀떡을 제조한 후 5~7$^{\circ}C$ 사이에 서 냉장 보관하면서 색차계, 수분활성도, rheometer 등을 조사하였다. Falling number는 control과 mono-glyceride, lecithin 0.5%, 1%를 사용한 것은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나 control의 77.5에 비하여 sugar ester의 경우0.5%와1% 사용시 각각 88.4, 81로 높게 나와 sugar ester가 점도를 높이는 것을 알 수 있었다. 찹쌀 분말의 호화개시온도는 66.78$^{\circ}C$이었으며 유화제를 첨가한 것은 66.45~67.05$^{\circ}C$로 유화제가 호화개시온도에 큰 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 최고점도는 lecithin이 227 RVU, 1% sugar ester가 228.5로 control 231.5에 비하여 낮아졌으며 그밖에 유화제는 최고점도 및 최종 점도가 control에 비하여 높아졌고 특히 1% sugar ester 사용한 것의 최종점도는 199.5 RVU로 가장 높게 나와 falling number와 유사한 경향을 보였다. 유화제를 첨가하여 찹쌀떡의 제조한 결과 유화제를 첨가하지 않은 경우보다 노화가 지연되었으며 1% sugar ester 첨가시 지연 효과가 가장 크게 나타났다. 수분 활성도는 저장 5일째 1% sugar ester를 사용한 것이 0.875로 가장 낮았고 유화제를 사용하지 않은 것이 0.911로 가장 높게 나와 유화제가 찹쌀떡의 수분활성도를 낮추었으며 그 가운데 sugar ester의 효과가 가장 좋았다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.239-245
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• 2011

당의 종류와 혼합비가 쿠키의 품질에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 당 함량이 30%로 고정된 배합비에서 당 종류를 과당, 고과당, 전화당으로 달리하여 첨가하였을 때 고과당은 적정한 퍼짐성을 가졌으며, 관능평가에서도 전체적으로 좋은 평점을 나타내었다. 가장 적절한 물성과 관능을 나타낸 고과당을 함량별로 첨가하여 함량에 따른 영향을 살펴보았을 때, 고과당의 함량이 증가할수록 수분 보유 능력과 퍼짐성은 증가하고, 관능적 차이는 나타나지 않았으나 색상은 어두워졌다. 또한 고과당 함량이 40%인 경우에는 다른 함량비와 상대적인 유의차가 나타났다. 단일당만의 효과와는 달리, 고과당에 전화당을 혼합한 경우에는 전화당의 함량이 증가할수록 퍼짐성은 감소하고 경도는 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 전화당에 대한 고과당의 혼합비는 고과당을 50%까지 혼합해도 기호도의 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 전화당:고과당의 비율이 75:25인 경우가 가장 기호도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 전체적으로 당의 종류가 쿠키의 품질에 미치는 영향은 각각 상대적으로 나타났으며, 혼합한 경우 당 종류에 따라 쿠키의 물성과 관능적 특성이 변화되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 1977

In order to investigate the possibility of sugar beet culture in reclaimed area of our country and the salt tolerance of sugar beet, a variety Kawemegapoly was used for experimentation in plots of various salt concentration arranged in Kimpo reclaimed area located at Kyongkido Province. The salt concentration of cultivating layer of the field in the west coast of Korea began to decline from the middle of June and rises again in the middle of October growing season of sugar beet as generally seen in relaimed paddy fields of Korea. The soil of less than 0.5% salt concentration is most suitable for the culture of sugar beet has bery strong salt tolerance. The sugar accumulation of sugar beet in each plot declined once in the middle part or in latter September and began to proceed again from the early of October. Such temporary retrocession of sugar accumulation was observed.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 1997

The primary objective of this study was to learn the effect of various sugar particle size and level on cookie spread, The effect of sugar particle size and level on sugarsnap cookie spread was studied. Three different particle sized sugars; powered sugar, granulated sugar and sanding sugar, were used for the cookie test baking with five different sugar levels; 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90% based on the weight of flour. In mixing process, 5 minutes of creaming time was used for cream making and then the specific gravity of cream was measured on the basis of each different sugar particle size and level. In the result, the specific gravity of cream was influenced by sugar particle size and sugar level. However, the specific gravity of cream had no influence on cookie dough specific gravity. Cookie spread was influenced by sugar particle size and sugar level. Greater cookie spread was obtained by decreasing sugar particle size and increasing sugar level resulted in increased spread. Therefore, selection of suitable sugar particle size and its use level can be factors in controlling spread and imparting desired packaging characteristics.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.310-317
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• 1997

Enzymatic synthesis of glucosyl-sugar alcohols using various transglycosylating enzymes, such as cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase), ${\alpha}$-amylase, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase, and pullulanase was investigated using various sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol, xylitol, inositol, maltitol, and lactitol as glucosyl acceptors. CGTase showed the highest transglycosylating activity to sugar alcohols compared to other transglycosylating enzymes, and inositol and maltitol were the most suitable glucosyl acceptors. Soluble starch, extruded starch, cyclodextrins, and maltooligosaccharides were also identified to be adequate glucosyl donors for transglycosylation reaction of CGTase to sugar alcohols. The synthesis of glucosyl-maltitol in the reaction system using extruded starch as the glucosyl donor and maltitol as the glucosyl acceptor showed the best results showing the highest transglycosylation yield. The transglycosylation products were purified by activated carbon column chromatography with ethanol gradient elution. Chemical structures of above transglucosylated products were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and two products were identified to be maltotritol and maltotetraitol, in which one or two glucose molecules attached to the parent maltitol molecule by a ${\alpha}$-l,4-glucosidic bond, respectively.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2012

Bumblebees are widely used to pollinate various crops, especially tomato, in greenhouses and fields. Here, we investigated whether different sugar solutions have any effects on the oviposition and colony development of Bombus terrestris queens. The types of sugar solution used were a white sugar solution, brown sugar solution, dark brown sugar solution, and prepared sugar solution; all solution contained with a 40% sugar concentration and 0.3% sorbic acid. Among these sugar solutions, B. terrestris queens reared on the white sugar solution exhibited the best results; the rates of oviposition, colony foundation and progeny-queen production were $75.0{\pm}11.0$, $33.0{\pm}9.6$ and $21.7{\pm}7.3$, respectively, which corresponded to 1.1-33.0-fold increases over the results of other sugar solutions. Queens reared on the prepared sugar solution did not found any colonies. The death rate within one month was lowest for the queens reared on the white sugar solution at $26.1{\pm}10.9%$, which was 1.2-2.0-fold lower than the rate for the other sugar solutions. Furthermore, the numbers of progeny produced by queens reared on the white sugar solution, $131.4{\pm}38.8$ workers and $51.0{\pm}40.6$ queens, were also higher, corresponding to 1.1-1.2-fold increases compared to queens raised on the other sugar solutions. Therefore, the white sugar solution was the favorable sugar solution for the egg-laying and colony developmental characteristics of B. terrestris queens.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.249-252
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• 2008

Flow behaviors of sweet potato starch (SPS) pastes (5% w/w) were studied in the presence of various sugars (xylose, glucose, fructose and sucrose) and sugar alcohols (xylitol and sorbitol). The flow properties of SPS-sugar mixtures were determined from the rheological parameters of power law model. The vane method was also employed for determining yield stresses of SPS-sugar mixtures directly under a controlled low shear rate. At $25^{\circ}C$ all the samples showed shear-thinning behaviors ($n=0.35{\sim}0.44$) with yield stress. The consistency index (K) values of SPS-sugar mixtures increased in the following order: sorbitol> xylitol> control (no sugar)> sucrose> fructose> glucose> xylose, showing that the addition of sugar alcohols enhanced the K values. The yield stress values were reduced in the presence of ugars and sugar alcohols and they also increased with an increase in swelling power of starch granules in the SPS-sugar mixture systems.