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
Honey, made from nectar by honeybees, is primarily a mixture of glucose and fructose monosaccharides with some maltose, sucrose and other carbohydrates.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
One key roadblock: Native I. orientalis can't utilize the sucrose from sugarcane.
From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023
Early research on rats suggested that sucrose keeps animals hooked.
From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 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
Vocabulary lists containing sucrose
Nutrition - Introductory
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Nutrition - Middle School
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Nutrition - High School
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