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Approval of Low-sugar Jams
in Teachers and Students
of the Dulce Corazon de Maria School.

Nicolás Cortes Duran
nikolascorteskate@gmail.com
Languages Department, Dulce Corazon de Maria School
Villa de Leyva, Boyacá

Abstract.

People consume sugars daily and they are necessary to provide energy to
the human body, however, these sugars in excess are harmful to the
human body causing some cardiovascular diseases such as diabetes,
tooth decay or can cause weight gain, but to avoid having complications
with sugar there is a solution, are light products and low-sugar products
such as low-sugar jams, it was determined the approval of low-sugar
jams of the company bark jams. The approval of the low sugar jams of
the company bark jams was verified since the students found them very
good and it was determined that the students liked the jam and that they
prefer to consume a jam that does not provide illnesses to their organism

and they are of good taste. Besides, the acceptance of these low-sugar
jams from the company "Mermeladas de la Corteza" depends a lot on the
flavor of the jam and this is a very influential factor since the acceptance Introduction
depends a lot on the flavor. The study was conducted in Colombia, Boyaca in a town called
Keywords: Approval, jams, sugar, diseases, light products. Villa de Leyva with ninth grade students and teachers of the Dulce
Corazon de Maria School, due to the large number of diseases
Resumen caused by the high consumption of sugar, existed the necessity to

Las personas consumen azúcares a diario y son necesarios para aportar look and provide different new healthier options of jams, which is
energía al cuerpo humano, sin embargo, estos azúcares en exceso son how the Mermeladas la Corteza company was created, and it was
perjudiciales para el organismo humano ocasionando algunas aimed to determine the approval of the low sugar jams of the
enfermedades cardiovasculares como la diabetes, caries dentales o company through the criteria of students and teachers but mainly
pueden ocasionar un aumento de peso, pero para evitar tener presenting them the different benefits and contrasting them with
complicaciones con el azúcar hay una solución, son los productos light y the other jams in the market; also the differences Mermeladas la
productos bajos en azúcar como las mermeladas bajas en azúcar, se Corteza products bring to health or the human body by taking care
determinó la aprobación de mermeladas bajas en azúcar de la empresa of sugar and eating much healthier.
mermeladas de corteza. Se verificó la aprobación de las mermeladas

bajas en azúcar de la empresa mermeladas de corteza ya que los
estudiantes las encontraron muy buenas y se determinó que a los Materials and Methods
estudiantes les gustó la mermelada y que prefieren consumir una For this research, a mixed approach was used, qualitative and
mermelada que no le proporcione enfermedades a su organismo y estén quantitative data had to be analyzed, through surveys and
de buen gusto. interviews, in which open and closed questions were asked to the
Aparte que para la aceptación de estas mermeladas bajas en azúcar de la students, ninth grade and teachers of the Dulce Corazon de María
empresa mermeladas de la corteza depende mucho el sabor de esta y que school in which the students will identify which is the most

este es un factor muy influyente ya que depende mucho del sabor la appetizing flavor and why it is the most appetizing for them, two
aceptación. categories were used to show their approval, which are the
Palabras Clave: Aprobación, mermeladas, azúcar, Enfermedades, differences between the market jams and the jams of the jams of
productos ligth. the bark company and their favorite flavor or flavor preference. As
support for the collection of information, information from the
internet was used on other projects related to sugar consumption,
diseases caused by sugar consumption and on low-sugar products
and their benefits.
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