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invert sugar

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

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.

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.

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.

invert sugar
see invert sugar.


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Fructose-containing sweeteners - such as sugar, invert sugar, honey, fruit juice concentrates, and high fructose corn syrup - are essentially interchangeable in composition, calories, and metabolism.
Watch out for other words that are used to describe added sugar, such as sucrose, glucose, fructose, hydrolysed starch and invert sugar.
Here are some of the aliases sugar goes by: brown sugar corn sweetener corn syrup fructose fruit juice concentrate glucose dextrose high-fructose corn syrup honey invert sugar lactose maltose molasses raw sugar sucrose syrup Because sugar is a carbohydrate, every gram contains 4 calories, no matter what name it travels under.
 
 
 
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