Liquid glucose???

chuckles30

Apologies if this is covered already. I have a recipe that is looking for 2 tbsp of liquid glucose. When I was in the supermarket today, I couldn't find any liquid glucose, but I got a bag of powder glucose. I thought I would have no problem finding the instructions on the net to turn the powder stuff into liquid, but I'm having no luck with that.

So my question is - has anyone used powder glucose to get liquid glucose? How much powder would I need to use to get 2 tbsp of liquid? What do I need to do?

Thank you

pwd

As far as I know liquid glucose is glucose syrup which is just glucose dissolved in water.

I'm not completely certain this is correct though. You would need to double check with google.

Dizzyblonde

I think liquid glucose is available from chemists. Supercook also make it but maybe not every supermarket stocks it.

olaola

You can get the powdered stuff in the chemist AFAIK. Maybe the liquid too.

pwd

according to this page you just dissolve the powder in water also:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061204200258AAxoyGD

dudara

As others have said, I think that you can get liquid glucose in chemists, perhaps also in specialist cooking shos, or shops that cater for cake decorators.

rubadub

Chemists are usually a rip off. Glucose powder is 500g for €1 in supermarkets, in the babyfood section usually. Syrup is just added to water. Honey is around 70-75% sugar, i.e. about 20-30% liquid. I would boil water and add to the glucose, or just add the stuff straight.

Why do you need it anyway? glucose is less sweet than "table sugar" so has more calories per "unit sweetness". While honey is sweeter than table sugar. i.e. if you are watching your weight and making say pancakes , it is more "low calorie" to sweeten with honey. Drinks like lucozade can have 1.5 times the calories of other soft drinks, but are not sickly sweet since glucose is used.

For 2tsp glucose syrup I would simply use 2 level teaspoons of dry glucose and a dash of water if that is even needed, or just use the sugar. In some recipies you can sub completely with honey or maple syrup.

Dizzyblonde

rubadub wrote: »

Chemists are usually a rip off. Glucose powder is 500g for €1 in supermarkets, in the babyfood section usually. Syrup is just added to water. Honey is around 70-75% sugar, i.e. about 20-30% liquid. I would boil water and add to the glucose, or just add the stuff straight.

I think liquid glucose is more than just powder mixed with water, it wouldn't do the job at all.

Faith

You could substitute with light corn syrup, if necessary. I don't know if that's any easier to get though.

lilyrose

liquiid glucose is available in marks and spensers also in kitchen compliments and the yeast co. in Dublin

chuckles30

Thanks for the suggestions guys. The reason I was looking for it was that I have a recipe for christmas pudding ice cream that requires it. I tried dissolving a teaspoon of the powder the other night with a drop of water and that worked, but whether that's the same as liquid glucose or not, I don't know. As it's just been used for sweetening, I might just give it a try one of the days.

The Sweeper

Liquid glucose has the consistency of golden syrup. It's clear. My mental image of powered glucose dissolved in water is a polar opposite and I agree with Dizzyblonde - I don't think it would do the same job at all.

I think recipes call for liquid glucose as a double agent - sweetener AND thickener. The other problem with trying to use a substitute is in my experience most dessert recipes can have quite a lot of expensive ingredients. If you screw the recipe up with a poor substitute that doesn't do the job of the original ingredient, you're chucking a lot of money in the bin.

Best go out and buy what the recipe calls for I'd say...

rubadub

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I think liquid glucose is more than just powder mixed with water, it wouldn't do the job at all.[/QUOTE}
Yes you are probably right in this case. If it is solely being used to sweeten then powder is fine. If it is thickening or making syrupy stuff then powder might not do the trick. You might be able to make syrup by dissolving and boiling off the water a bit, but golden syrup seems the best in a pinch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup

Golden syrup is a thick, amber-colored form of inverted sugar syrup, made in the process of refining sugar cane juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts. It has an appearance similar to honey, and is often used as a substitute for people who cannot eat honey and those who choose not to (such as vegans). It can also be used as a substitute for corn syrup.

A lot of people are trying US recipies that can use stuff not found here, substitutes are easily found. There are dictionaries online to do this. Some substitiutes can improve the recipie, up to your own tastes really.

JemimaPD

Just to update ya all. Marks and Spencers do not sell Liquid Glucose anymore. Neither do the chemists as they only stock the powder version which is no good as I need quite a lot of it because my Dad was asked to bake a wedding cake and requires liquid glucose for the sugar paste. I got in touch with Kitchen Compliments two weeks ago and was told they had it in stock but in the warehouse so call again after 5 days so they can locate it for me. I called near the end of last week and was told it should be in the shop for me on Tuesday( Today) and I called again to make sure as a friend was going to pick it up for me and was told they DONT have it in stock and need to order it in which will take a further 10-14 days. Not very happy at the moment.
I was told about another place in Sligo that stock it but have been unable to trace any such details. Would any one have any other ideas where i could get Liquid Glucose.

Eviledna

This site of any use?
http://www.supercookonline.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=89

Alternatively you could call into a local bakers and ask them where they get theirs, or ask could you buy some from them?

Magic Monkey

JemimaPD, you can order liquid glucose from the UK here, or in Dublin, Cakebox in Dun Laoghaire have it (in bulk and at a good price, give them a call), and Fallon & Byrne on Exchequer st. have Karo Corn Syrup, which can be used as well. If you're really in a pinch, you can buy sugarpaste in most supermarkets as "ready to roll icing"; it's the same thing.

paddylonglegs

Dragging up the thread after a year, but found Kevin Dundon using Liquid Glucose in his lemon meringue pie on the rte site. Came across this thread after googling for the ingredient.

http://www.rte.ie/food/2010/1022/lemonmeringue.html

I guess you have another recipe to use it in now if you had to buy in bulk!

betzy2011

hi, i see this is an old post, but i was in the same situation, only being able to get powdered glucose. Tesco sell the liquid product but ran out, i have found a source that says 91g of powdered glucose to 100ml water is the same ratio. just dissolve. im off to experiment.

Dizzyblonde

Thread closed - it's too old.