: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory disaccharide sugar C12H22O11 that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
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Light: The first and shortest boiling produces the sweetest and lightest in color molasses, with 65 percent sucrose (a type of sugar).
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
Invert sugar is produced by splitting sucrose through a process called inversion, which involves heating sucrose, often with an acid to speed the process.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
The scientists fed mice solutions that contained 10 percent sucrose.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Milk products contain lactose sugar, while fruits and vegetables contain sugars like fructose, glucose, and sucrose.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
Invert sugar is produced by splitting sucrose through a process called inversion, which involves heating sucrose, often with an acid to speed the process.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
The scientists fed mice solutions that contained 10 percent sucrose.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Milk products contain lactose sugar, while fruits and vegetables contain sugars like fructose, glucose, and sucrose.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Sucrose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucrose. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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sucrose
noun
su·crose
ˈsü-ˌkrōs 
: a sweet sugar obtained especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
Medical Definition
sucrose
noun
su·crose
ˈsü-ˌkrōs, -ˌkrōz
: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugar C12H22O11 that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
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