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Types and Sources of Sugar Explained

Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, soluble carbohydrates composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are various types of sugar including monosaccharides like glucose, fructose, and galactose, and disaccharides like sucrose, maltose, and lactose. Sucrose, commonly known as table or granulated sugar, hydrolyzes into fructose and glucose in the body.

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Types and Sources of Sugar Explained

Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, soluble carbohydrates composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are various types of sugar including monosaccharides like glucose, fructose, and galactose, and disaccharides like sucrose, maltose, and lactose. Sucrose, commonly known as table or granulated sugar, hydrolyzes into fructose and glucose in the body.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, short-chain, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. They arecarbohydrates, composed of
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are various types of sugar derived from different sources. Simple sugars are called monosaccharides and
include glucose (also known as dextrose), fructose andgalactose. The table or granulated sugar most customarily used as food is sucrose,
a disaccharide. (In the body, sucrose hydrolyses into fructose and glucose.) Other disaccharides include maltose and lactose. Longer chains of sugars
are called oligosaccharides. Chemically-different substances may also have a sweet taste, but are not classified as sugars. Some are used as lowercalorie food substitutes for sugar described as artificial sweeteners.

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