Johnny Earle, founder of Johnny Cupcakes. COMPANY: Johnny Cupcakes FOUNDER: Johnny Earle, 27 LOCATION: Hull, Massachusetts 2008 REVENUE: $3.8 million EMPLOYEES: 30 START-UP YEAR: 2001 START-UP COSTS: Roughly $6,700 for T-shirts and printing until 2003, when Earle committed to the business full time.
Save. Keerati9999/iStock/Getty Images. Dextrose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide, that often is used interchangeably with the word glucose.. Glucose, or dextrose, is found mainly is honey and fruits and is also the sugar in your blood and the main form of carbohydrate used by your body.extrose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide, that often is used interchangeably with the word glucose.. Glucose, or dextrose, is found mainly is honey and fruits and is also the sugar in your blood and the main form of carbohydrate used by your body.
Dextrose is added to foods to sweeten them, and also sometimes as a filler or a texturizing agent. Dextrose is used in sauces, cookies, cake mixes, candies, energy drinks, and frozen desserts. It may also be included in savory foods like cured meats, canned foods, pretzels, pickles and crackers. You may not realize a particular food contains dextrose because it can appear on a label under other names including corn sugar, wheat sugar, rice sugar, dextrose monohydrate, d-glucose, grape sugar and dextrose anhydrase.