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malt·ose | \ ˈmȯl-ˌtōs 
, -ˌtōz \
, -ˌtōz \Definition of maltose
: a crystalline dextrorotatory fermentable sugar C12H22O11 formed especially from starch by amylase
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Recent Examples on the Web The whole duck is then cleaned, prepped, dried, glazed with maltose and spices, dried again, and roasted.
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National Geographic, "THE BEST OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX," 18 Mar. 2020 When mixed with water, starch in the flour is converted to the sugars glucose and maltose.
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Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, "Want to bake bread but can’t find yeast? Make a sourdough starter," 24 Mar. 2020 The second is disaccharides, which are just two of these single sugar molecules linked together: sucrose, or table sugar (glucose + fructose); lactose, or milk sugar (glucose + galactose); and maltose, or malt sugar (glucose + glucose).
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Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "Can Our Bodies Even Tell the Difference Between Naturally Occurring and Added Sugars?," 24 June 2019 After 25 generations, Dodd found that the starch-eating flies would no longer mate with the maltose eaters.
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Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, "Evolving With a Little Help From Our Friends," 4 June 2014 Check the label for ingredients like brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, sucrose, trehalose and/or turbinado sugar.
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Rebecca Drudi, baltimoresun.com, "10 tips from a dietitian," 10 Sep. 2017 The dates contain a mixture of simple sugars, mostly fructose and glucose but also trace amounts of maltose and sucrose.
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Tom Taylor, SI.com, "The Best Energy Gels and Bars for Running and Endurance Training," 16 Aug. 2017
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maltose
nounmalt·ose | \ ˈmȯl-ˌtōs, -ˌtōz \
\Medical Definition of maltose
: a crystalline dextrorotatory fermentable disaccharide sugar C12H22O11 formed especially from starch by amylase (as in saliva and malt), as an intermediate reducing product in metabolism, and in brewing and distilling and used chiefly in foods and in biological culture media
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