sucrose
Example Sentences
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Sugar beets — root vegetables that contain high levels of sucrose — are used to produce more than half the sugar in the U.S., alongside sugar cane.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
Added sugars can also be found on the ingredients list, often labeled as glucose, fructose, maltose or sucrose.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024
Allulose provides nearly 70% flavor and sweet taste as sucrose, yet it is minimally metabolized as it passes through the body.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023
Early research on rats suggested that sucrose keeps animals hooked.
From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023
You have to have the factory right there, because sugar starts losing sucrose within hours of being picked.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing sucrose
Nutrition - Introductory
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Nutrition - Middle School
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Nutrition - High School
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