sucrose

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Tagatose exists naturally, but only in very small quantities compared with common sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

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

“When deprived of light and fed a diet of sucrose in fermentation conditions, this algal strain converts that sucrose into fat, lipids, or algal fat – oil,” he said.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

Similarly, few of us indulge in sucrose by the spoonful.

From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023

Freak goes, "Then that shall be your reward, faithful steed—tinted sucrose and bubbles of air. Onward! Onward to the Fortress!"

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick