invert sugar

American  

noun

1. a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.

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invert sugar British  

/ ˈɪnvɜːt /

noun

1. a mixture of fructose and glucose obtained by the inversion of sucrose

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Etymology

Origin of invert sugar

First recorded in 1875–80

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invert sugar

Vu also recommended using an invert sugar, which is a liquid mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

“If you add even just a small amount of invert sugar to your sugar solution while you're cooking it, it'll help it to prevent from crystallizing,” he said.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

So I turned to Lyle’s Golden Syrup, which is 50 percent invert sugar, according to Dan Souza at Cook’s Illustrated.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

The source of corn syrup’s superpower: It’s an invert sugar.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

Glucose, or invert sugar, the principal member of the second class, consists of two distinct kinds of sugar, —dextrose and levulose.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips