sugar

8 nutrients in this category

fructose

Fructose is a naturally occurring simple sugar found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables, and...

galactose

Galactose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) naturally found in dairy products as part of...

glucose

Glucose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that serves as the primary energy source for the...

maltose

Maltose is a sugar (disaccharide) consisting of two glucose units formed from starch breakdown...

raffinose

Raffinose is a naturally occurring trisaccharide carbohydrate found primarily in legumes,...

stachyose

Stachyose is a non‑digestible tetrasaccharide oligosaccharide in the raffinose family,...

sucrose

Sucrose is a ubiquitous dietary disaccharide sugar composed of glucose and fructose, widely...

verbascose

Verbascose is a pentasaccharide carbohydrate belonging to the raffinose family of...

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