sucrose
a crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
Origin of sucrose
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How to use sucrose in a sentence
An experiment with a sucrose solution — a simplified ice cream proxy — and CNCs showed that after 24 hours, the ice crystals completely stopped growing.
Grainy ice cream is unpleasant. Plant-based nanocrystals might help | Anna Gibbs | March 29, 2022 | Science NewsSugar alcohols, like sorbital, for example, are not as sweet as sucrose.
Table sugar – or sucrose, which comes from sugar cane – is an example of a dissacharide, a compound made of two monosaccharides.
With less corn being harvested, cassava has been seen as a probable supplier of sucrose syrup and bioethanol fuel.
In refined form, sugar (also known as sucrose) has been linked to everything from heart disease to diabetes.
It doesn't matter, they say, whether that calorie comes from table sugar (sucrose) or HFCS.
Every fructose molecule in sucrose, in contrast, is bound to a glucose.
sucrose or cane sugar is most commonly manufactured from sugar cane and sugar beets.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneBut it is only with the crystallized sucrose, the familiar sugar of the market and the household, that we are dealing here.
Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner RobinsonThese processes produce what is called "raw sugar," of varying percentages of sucrose content.
Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner RobinsonSergeant Holden, go at once to the nearest Commissary and requisition 454 grams of sucrose.
Class of '29 | Orrie Lashin and Milo HastingsThe man of whom we leased this acreage said he had a yield of from six to eight tons of sucrose an acre every year.
Polly's Southern Cruise | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
British Dictionary definitions for sucrose
/ (ˈsjuːkrəʊz, -krəʊs) /
the technical name for sugar (def. 1)
Origin of sucrose
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Scientific definitions for sucrose
[ sōō′krōs′ ]
A crystalline sugar found in many plants, especially sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maple. It is used widely as a sweetener. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose. Also called table sugar. Chemical formula: C12H22O11.
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