sucrose
Example Sentences
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Unlike sucrose, which feeds bacteria that cause cavities, tagatose appears to limit the growth of some of those harmful microbes.
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
White granulated sugar is composed of microscopic, crystalline sucrose molecules.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
Similarly, few of us indulge in sucrose by the spoonful.
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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