noun

• A compound which is the chief component of cane or beet sugar.

  A disaccharide containing glucose and fructose units; chemical formula: C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁

  ‘Also, be aware that sugar might be described as sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose and so on.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The procedure is based on the cleavage of sucrose by invertase to glucose and fructose.’
  • ‘Glucose, sucrose and fructose are the major soluble sugars found in strawberry fruit.’
  • ‘Epidermal cells contained low concentrations of sucrose, glucose and fructose, and no fructan.’
  • ‘This effect seems to be restricted to sucrose; glucose and fructose do not produce the same result.’