: 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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Milk products contain lactose sugar, while fruits and vegetables contain sugars like fructose, glucose, and sucrose.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
Beauchamp assessed the sucrose preferences of children ages 11 to 15 across a decade.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Tahara and his team fed water containing 0.1% caffeine to mice along with either 1% sucrose (sugar), or 0.1% saccharine.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Xylitol has the same sweetness as sucrose (table sugar).
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 3 Mar. 2025
Beauchamp assessed the sucrose preferences of children ages 11 to 15 across a decade.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Tahara and his team fed water containing 0.1% caffeine to mice along with either 1% sucrose (sugar), or 0.1% saccharine.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Xylitol has the same sweetness as sucrose (table sugar).
—Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Sucrose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucrose. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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