Extracts from sucrose Baidu entry:
Sucrose is one of the basic food additives for human beings, which has a history of thousands of years. It is the main product of photosynthesis and widely distributed in plants, especially in sugar beet, sugarcane and fruit. Sugar with sucrose as the main component is divided into rock sugar, white sugar, soft candy and brown sugar (also known as brown sugar or brown sugar) according to the purity from high to low. Sucrose is the most abundant in sugar beet and sugarcane, and the sugar and brown sugar usually used are sucrose.
Chemical sucrose, organic compound, molecular weight 342.3. Colorless crystal, with optical rotation, but does not rotate. The molecular formula of sucrose is C 12H22O 1 1. Sucrose is easily hydrolyzed by acid to produce equal amounts of D- glucose and D- fructose. Not reduced. The caramel formed by fermentation can be used as a colorant for soy sauce.
Sucrose is the main product of photosynthesis, which is widely distributed in plants, especially in sugar beet, sugarcane and fruit. Sucrose is the main form of sugar storage, accumulation and transportation in plants. The white sugar and brown sugar you usually eat are sucrose. Sucrose is formed by dehydration and condensation of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose. It is soluble in water and insoluble in ethanol, and its sweetness is second only to fructose.