sucrose

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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

The concept of water-permeation in small molecules was accepted at the time, but it was unclear if aquaporins could permeate larger molecules, such as sucrose.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

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

From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023

They may all be sources of aspartame, an artificial sweetener approximate 200 times more potent than the natural sugar sucrose.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 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