sucrose

Cane crystal compound

Sucrose is the chemical name for common table sugar—the white crystalline sweetener refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.

It's a disaccharide, meaning each molecule combines two simpler sugars (glucose and fructose).

In everyday speech, people say sugar rather than sucrose unless they're being technical: The recipe calls for sucrose, not high-fructose corn syrup.

sweetness

sweet

Tasting of sugar

tasteFlavor perception ability
candySugary edible treats
dessertSweet course after dinner

syrup · confectionery · chocolate · cake · pastry · jam · soda · caramel · fondant · icing

source

sugarcane

Sucrose-yielding tropical grass

sugarbeetSucrose-yielding root crop
molassesSyrup from cane processing
sorghumWarm-climate cereal grass

maple · nectar · fruit · plant · harvest · tropical · plantation · refinery · extraction · milling

biochemistry

disaccharide

Two-monosaccharide compound

monosaccharideSimplest carbohydrate form
hydrolysisWater-induced bond cleavage
invertaseSucrose-hydrolyzing enzyme

polysaccharide · ribose · xylose · cellulose · starch · glycogen · enzymatic · isomerization · biosynthesis · saccharose

crystalline

granulated

Formed into grains

powderedCrushed to fine particles
dissolvedDispersed into solvent
latticeOpenwork of crossed strips

refined · purified · supersaturation · crystallization · precipitate · solubility · saturation · microcrystals · recrystallization · polymorph

metabolism

calories

Measures of food energy

glycolysisGlucose metabolism producing ATP
ATPCell's energy molecule
insulinPancreatic glucose-regulating hormone

glycemic · catabolism · respiration · mitochondria · oxidation · dietary · nutrition · energy · digestion · absorption

sucrose

sweet

sugarcane

disaccharide

granulated

calories

sucrose

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