sucrose

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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

Honey, made from nectar by honeybees, is primarily a mixture of glucose and fructose monosaccharides with some maltose, sucrose and other carbohydrates.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024

Early research on rats suggested that sucrose keeps animals hooked.

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