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Structures of sugar |
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What are simple sugars (monosaccharides)?
Examples of simple sugars are fructose and glucose. |
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What is fructose?
Fructose is a monsaccharide and, as its name indicates, occurs
in fruit. Fructose is a ketohexose that can also be metabolised
by diabetics, independently of insulin. Fructose can be obtained
from the disaccharide sugar or the polysaccharide inulin. |
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What is glucose?
Glucose is a monosaccharide that occurs naturally in many fruits.
It can also be obtained from sugar or starch, however. |
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What are double sugars (disaccharides)?
Double sugars consist of two single sugar molecules. The most
well known double sugar is normal household sugar, which consists
of one fructose molecule and one glucose molecule. |
What are complex sugars
or carbohydrates (polysaccharides)?
Complex sugars are produced when a very large number of single
sugar molecules (e.g. glucose) are combined. The most important
polysaccharide for nutritional purposes is starch. |
What is natural sugar?
Natural sugar is not a precise term. It is often used to mean
naturally occurring sugar (which includes our sugar) and/or
sugar that is, as far as possible, left in its natural state
(e.g. honey). |
What is sugar-beet syrup?
It is produced by pressing or steaming and pressing fresh sugar
beet. The resulting juice is evaporated to leave a dry substance
and is purified using filtering agents, such as diatomite, cellulose,
etc. |
Does Südzucker also
produce sugar-beet syrup (a kind of spread)?
No. |
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