For decades, dietary guidelines have painted sugar with a broad brush. But a sweeping new study suggests the story is more ...

Linda says you would be amazed at what you can use sugar for besides cooking.

A recent BYU study shows that not all dietary sugars carry the same risks. In the largest and most comprehensive ...

Sugar is the energy produced by plants when exposed to sunlight. In nutrition terms, it is a carbohydrate — a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Sucanat has a coarser texture than regular sugar. Sucanat contains 88% sucrose (natural sugar) while table sugar contains 99%. Cooks may get inconsistent results when they substitute it for ...

The bond between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms (O–H bond) in sugar (sucrose) gives the oxygen a slight negative charge and the hydrogen a slight positive charge. Sucrose is a polar molecule. The polar ...

HFCS is cheaper and usually sweeter than sucrose, sugar made from cane or beets. Is there any biological difference? “Not enough to fuss about,” says Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition at N ...

Disaccharides: Disaccharides contain two monosaccharides. Sucrose (table sugar) contains glucose and fructose, while lactose contains glucose and galactose. Naturally occurring or industrially ...