Sucrose

Word SUCROSE
Character 7
Hyphenation su crose
Pronunciations /ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Sucrose"

What do we mean by sucrose?

A crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose, C12H22O11, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets, widely used as a sweetener or preservative and in the manufacture of plastics and soaps. noun

A general name for the sugars identical in composition and in general properties with cane-sugar, having the formula (C12H22O11)n: same as saccharose. noun

A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. At one time the term was used by extension, for any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type; however this usage is now archaic. noun

A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar noun

A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent noun

A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sucrose

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The word "sucrose" in example sentences

Well, for one thing, high fructose corn syrup has a substantially worse effect on blood sugar than does the equivalent sweetness in sucrose from sugar cane. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Meanwhile, sucrose is simply consumed by all bacteria, Zehner said. ❋ Steve Carper (2007)

Just as sucrose is made of two simple sugars bound together, lactose is made of the two simple sugars glucose and galactose, bound together. ❋ Steve Carper (2006)

The sugars found in our drinks are made up of the sugars in fruit juice and sucrose, which is needed to ensure that our drinks taste great – without it, they would taste too sharp. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The results are extremely concerning, but few commercial beverages are sweetened only with fructose; most are sweetened with sucrose, which is half glucose and half fructose. ❋ M.D. Tim Harlan (2010)

The counterargument is that sucrose, which is half fructose and half glucose, occurs naturally in fruit, and humans have eaten it for thousands of years. ❋ Dr. Eric C. Westman (2010)

Dextrose -- another term for glucose. glucose and fructose together make sucrose, which is commonly known as table sugar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Table sugar is sucrose, which is half glucose and half fructose. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A food does not have to be made with table sugar called sucrose in order to deliver sugar to the cells. ❋ Woodson Merrell (2008)

Table sugar is sucrose, which is made by joining a molecule of glucose with one of fructose. ❋ M.D. Walter C. Willett (2005)

And by "sugar," Lustig means not only the white granulated stuff that we put in coffee and sprinkle on cereal - technically known as sucrose - but also high-fructose corn syrup, which has already become without Lustig's help what he calls "the most demonized additive known to man." ❋ By GARY TAUBES (2011)

The most liked level of sweetness for these children was 24 percent sucrose, which is equivalent to about 14 teaspoons of sugar in a cup of water and more than twice the level of sweetness in a typical cola. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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