Sucrose is mainly used as sweetener in foods and soft drinks.
Miscellaneous comments:
The sample was contributed by the Institut fur Organische Chemie, J.W. Goethe-Universitat, 60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Layman's explanation:
Sucrose is the chemical name of table sugar. It is found in granulated, powdered and brown sugar and molasses, as well as, in a variety of fruits and vegetables. Sucrose is a disaccharide that can be made from the combination of two monosaccarides, glucose and fructose. For production use, sucrose is generally extracted from a sugar cane and then purified and crystallized. Sucrose is the most common sweetener in the modern world, however, including too much of it in a diet does have adverse health effects such obesity caused by the high calorie content.
Lab name:
Common molecules
Sample provider:
Obtained courtesy of the Cambridge Structural Database
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