Table sugar is commonly used to sweeten food. There are different kinds of sugars, including glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Glucose is commonly called blood sugar; fructose is sugar in fruit; sucrose is table sugar. Sucrose is a carbohydrate, which is a chemical made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Sucrose molecules contain 12 atoms of carbon, […]
What is Table Sugar?
Table sugar is commonly used to sweeten food. There are different kinds of sugars, including glucose, fructose, and sucrose. Glucose is commonly called blood sugar; fructose is sugar in fruit; sucrose is table sugar. Sucrose is a carbohydrate (simple), which is a chemical made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.The label of being a simple carbohydrate […]
How Soluble is Table Sugar?
What happens when you heat a sugar solution? When you add sugar to water, the sugar crystals dissolve and spread out evenly in the water. Question? How much table sugar (sucrose) will dissolve in water? Answer: You can’t dissolve an infinite amount of sugar into a fixed volume of water. When as much sugar has […]