invert sugar (redirected from Inverted sugar syrup)

sugar /sug·ar/ (shoog´er) any of a class of sweet water-soluble carbohydrates, the monosaccharides and smaller oligosaccharides; often specifically sucrose.

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blood sugar  glucose occurring in the blood, or the amount of glucose in the blood.

invert sugar  a mixture of equal amounts of dextrose and fructose, obtained by hydrolyzing sucrose; used in solution as a parenteral nutrient.

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invert sugar

n.

A mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose, found naturally in fruits and honey, and produced artificially for use in the food industry.

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invert sugar

Etymology: L, invertere, to turn over; Gk, sakcharon

a mixture of equal amounts of dextrose and fructose, obtained by hydrolyzing sucrose. It is used in solution as a parenteral nutrient.

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sugar [shoog´ar]

a sweet carbohydrate of either animal or vegetable origin; the two principal groups are the disaccharides and the monosaccharides.

beet sugar sucrose from sugar beets.

blood sugar

1. glucose occurring in the blood.

2. the amount of glucose in the blood.

cane sugar sucrose from sugar cane.

fruit sugar fructose.

invert sugar a mixture of equal amounts of dextrose and fructose, obtained by hydrolyzing sucrose; used in solution as a parenteral nutrient.

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invert sugar

see invert sugar.