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Sucrose, a disaccharide, is a sugar composed of glucose and fructose subunits. It is produced naturally in plants and is the main constituent of white sugar. It has the molecular formula C. 12H. 22O. 11. For human consumption, sucrose is extracted and refined from either sugarcane or sugar beet.
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double sugars, are molecules made of two bonded monosaccharides; common examples are sucrose (glucose + fructose ...
Monosaccharides are the simplest units of carbohydrates and the simplest form of sugar. If the carbonyl is at position 1 (that is, n or m is zero), the molecule begins with a formyl group H (C=O)− and is technically an aldehyde. In that case, the compound is termed an aldose. Otherwise, the molecule has a ketone group, a carbonyl − (C=O)− ...
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, [1] which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an ...
Barley malt syrup, barley malt [1] – around 65% maltose and 30% complex carbohydrate. Barley sugar – similar to hard caramel. Beet sugar [1] – made from sugar beets, contains a high concentration of sucrose. Birch syrup – around 42-54% fructose, 45% glucose, plus a small amount of sucrose.
Benedict's reagent (often called Benedict's qualitative solution or Benedict's solution) is a chemical reagent and complex mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium citrate, and copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate. [1] It is often used in place of Fehling's solution to detect the presence of reducing sugars. The presence of other reducing substances ...
Silesia, mid-18th century. A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and that is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (Beta vulgaris). [1] Together with other beet cultivars, such as beetroot and chard, it belongs to the ...
Brown sugar crystals. Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses.It is by tradition an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content (natural brown sugar), but is now often produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar (commercial brown sugar).