simple sugar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of simple sugar
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The recipes include simple sugar cookies that she calls “a gesture of goodwill,” cakes and pies and puddings and a Nutella banana cake that started a viral craze.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Carbohydrates provide energy to the body, particularly through glucose, a simple sugar that is a component of starch and an ingredient in many staple foods.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
This makes sense, as a mint julep is typically made by combining bourbon, mint and a simple sugar syrup over ice.
From Salon • May 7, 2022
Starch is made up of molecules of glucose, a simple sugar, which our cells can use as fuel with very little processing from our bodies.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2017
They are built up of many sugar molecules, which yield upon complete hydrolysis many molecules of simple sugar.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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