disaccharide

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Lactose, or milk sugar, is a disaccharide made of two simple sugars – glucose and galactose – in a 1:1 ratio.

From Salon

For example, table sugar, honey, corn syrup, maple syrup, brown sugar and molasses contain easily digested disaccharides and no fiber, so they are fast carbs.

From Seattle Times

Sugar is a disaccharide that ends up being two different monosaccharides in your gut.

From New York Times

First off, lactose is a disaccharide, meaning it's a sugar made of two simple sugar molecules – glucose and galactose.

From US News

The most abundant component in dried samples of breast milk is lactose, which provides nutrition for the infant, although many bacterial taxa can also digest this disaccharide.

From Nature