Sucrose: The Table Sugar The sugar, also called icing sugar, table sugar, granulated sugar | sucrose is a disaccharide. ​ Sucrose, a...

Fructose: The Fruit Sugar Fructose, the sweetest natural sugar, is found in fruits and honey. Fructose is a monosaccharide. Fructose is...

Glucose Glucose is the most abundant simple sugar found in nature. Glucose is found in honey, other sweeteners, fruits, and other plant...

Disaccharides Our daily diet has three main types of disaccharides: sucrose, lactose, and maltose.  Sucrose is a disaccharide, the sugar...

Monosaccharides In addition to glucose, there are two other monosaccharides, galactose and fructose, most often in the human diet.  ​ For...

Sugars Sugars are carbohydrates. The natural sugar in fruits is glucose and fructose, and the natural sugar in milk is lactose. Table...