(n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
(n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.
Example Sentences:
(1) the colours: Allura red AC, erythrosine, canthaxanthin and the caramels; three anti-oxidants: BHA, BHT and the gallates; the sweeteners: polyols, aspartame, saccharin and cyclamates.
(2) A former Socialist party leader, he is a jovial, wise-cracking believer in consensus politics, who aides say never loses his rag and who so hates fights that he was once nicknamed "the marshmallow" within his own party, or "Flanby", after a wobbly caramel pudding.
(3) Even the nickname given to him of Monsieur Flanby, after a caramel pudding, over his perceived wobbly political views, lost its relevance as he elaborated his programme.
(4) In this study, representatives of all four classes of caramel colour were tested for genotoxic potential in the Ames test, some of the caramel colours being tested both with and without a pre-incubation stage.
(5) Cut each fig in half and place cut-side down in the caramel.
(6) There were no deaths in any of the groups fed Caramel Colour II.
(7) For this test, cultures of CHO cells were exposed to the two caramel colours and metaphase preparations from these cultures examined for evidence of chromosomal aberrations.
(8) (Don't be tempted to touch or taste the caramel as it will be extremely hot.)
(9) An overview of the chemical characterization and specifications of the four classes of caramel colour, the historical development of the four classes, and the methods of manufacture is presented.
(10) This paper uses caramel in soft drinks as an example.
(11) Specifications have been developed to define each of the four classes of caramel colour.
(12) The colour fraction that was non-permeable to a 10,000-Da porosity membrane, contained 84% of the colour, 22% of the solids and 24% of the radioactivity of the [14C]Caramel Colour IV.
(13) A method for the determination or 4-methylimidazole in caramel color, based on cationic separation of the sample by capillary isotachophoresis, is described.
(14) Really ramping up that contrast in flavours is a newer trend, however; when M&S first introduced salted caramels in 2006, they were a flop.
(15) If the pH value in the ACD or in the ACD-AG storage solution is enhanced, the glucose in the autoclaving with undergo a caramelizing process.
(16) 2 Carefully pour the hot caramel over the orange slices and leave to cool.
(17) There is nothing like hand-churned buckets of the good stuff laced with ribbons of salt caramel or frozen fresh fruit coulis.
(18) Twenty three UK commercially produced ammonia caramels and eight experimentally produced ammonia caramels have been analysed by a range of physical and chemical tests, which include solids content, nitrogen levels, colour intensity and pH.
(19) In the course of isolation anthocyanins, carmine, betanin, caramel and riboflavin are separated from synthetic dyes, as well as from one another, with the exception of first two, which are separated from one another by chromatography or distinguished by oxidation.
(20) Results from both the cytogenetics assay in vitro, using CHO cells, and the mouse lymphoma assay indicated that there was some genotoxic activity associated with Caramel Colour I but only in the absence of S-9 and at very high dose levels.
Taffy
Definition:
(n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
(n.) Flattery; soft phrases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Adams's close associate, DC Alan "Taffy'' Holmes shot himself dead on 27 July , 1987, on the eve of Adams being interviewed by corruption investigators.
(2) Behavioral observations indicated that behaviors associated with SMB (self-biting and taffy pulling) were present in neonatal, but not adult lesioned rats.
(3) These accentuated behaviors included licking, grooming, taffy pulling, jumping, paw treading and locomotion.
(4) Behavior induced by higher doses of apomorphine in the 6-OHDA group (reduced licking and head nodding; increased paw treading, taffy pulling and self-biting) were not attenuated by MIF-1.
(5) Eat yeot!” yelled an angry taffy-thrower at the team, according to reports from the airport.