Roberta A. Mazzucco
Sugar or sucrose is a carbohydrate and naturally comes from sugarcane and sugar beets. Sugar is a compound which means it is a substance formed when two or more elements are chemically joined. The molecular structure of sugar is composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen.
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Figure 3: Table sugar is made up of glucose and fructose
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