simple sugar

noun

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Paula Deen’s recipe starts with fresh peaches simmered in a simple sugar syrup before being spooned over a homemade batter. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2025 Enzymes are then added to make some of the glucose into fructose, another simple sugar that naturally occurs in fruits. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 18 July 2025 Polysaccharides are complex carbohydrates made of long chains of simple sugar molecules, or monosaccharides. Paul McClure 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025 To do so, Café Kitsuné employees use simple sugar syrup, agave syrup for a lower glycemic impact, or vanilla. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for simple sugar

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First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of simple sugar was in 1942

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“Simple sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple%20sugar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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