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table sugar

American  

noun

  1. granulated white sugar.


table sugar Scientific  
  1. See sucrose


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Tagatose browns like table sugar when heated, and taste tests show it closely matches the flavor and mouthfeel of conventional sugar.

From Science Daily Jan. 13, 2026

For example, table sugar is a simple carb, but starch in potatoes is a complex carb.

From Salon Feb. 29, 2024

Artificial sweeteners are about 200 to 20,000 times sweeter than sucrose, aka table sugar.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2023

She hadn’t done any sketching since she was in middle school, But soon, she began using pens and, later, table sugar on black paper to make stunningly detailed portraits of animals and people.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2022

It’s a blend of 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose that tastes exactly as sweet as table sugar.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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