Definition of "caramelization" []

• The process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing. (noun)
• The browning of sugars by heat. (noun)

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• "In fact, caramelization is used in most flavors we associate with cooking."
• "Maryann, the caramelization is what I love about roasted vegetables."
• "For example, sugar will melt from a solid into a liquid, but rather than then vaporize into a gas as water does, it breaks apart and forms hundreds of new compounds: a process we call caramelization."