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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaxarid" title="Disaxarid – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Disaxarid" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE" title="দ্বি-শর্করা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দ্বি-শর্করা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%AB-thn%CC%82g" title="Jī-thn̂g – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Jī-thn̂g" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Дыцукрыды – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дыцукрыды" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Дыцукрыды – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дыцукрыды" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4" title="Дизахарид – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дизахарид" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharidi" title="Disaharidi – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Disaharidi" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disac%C3%A0rid" title="Disacàrid – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Disacàrid" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharidy" title="Disacharidy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Disacharidy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharide" title="Disaccharide – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Disaccharide" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disahhariidid" title="Disahhariidid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Disahhariidid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Δισακχαρίτης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δισακχαρίτης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disac%C3%A1rido" title="Disacárido – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Disacárido" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disa%C4%A5arido" title="Disaĥarido – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Disaĥarido" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakarido" title="Disakarido – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Disakarido" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="دی‌ساکارید – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دی‌ساکارید" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diholoside" title="Diholoside – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Diholoside" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharide" title="Disacharide – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Disacharide" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9shi%C3%BAicr%C3%ADd" title="Déshiúicríd – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Déshiúicríd" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disac%C3%A1rido" title="Disacárido – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Disacárido" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%B9%EB%A5%98" title="이당류 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이당류" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Դիսախարիդներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դիսախարիդներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharidi" title="Disaharidi – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Disaharidi" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakarida" title="Disakarida – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Disakarida" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsiNcithimbili" title="IsiNcithimbili – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IsiNcithimbili" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tv%C3%ADsykrur" title="Tvísykrur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Tvísykrur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccaridi" title="Disaccaridi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Disaccaridi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A8" title="דו-סוכר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דו-סוכר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Дисахаридтер – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Дисахаридтер" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%AEsakar%C3%AEd" title="Dîsakarîd – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Dîsakarîd" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Дисахариддер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Дисахариддер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharides" title="Disaccharides – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Disaccharides" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharidai" title="Disacharidai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Disacharidai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diszacharid" title="Diszacharid – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Diszacharid" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4" title="Дисахарид – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Дисахарид" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakarida" title="Disakarida – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Disakarida" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharide" title="Disacharide – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Disacharide" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E7%B3%96" title="二糖 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="二糖" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakkarid" title="Disakkarid – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Disakkarid" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacarid" title="Disacarid – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Disacarid" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharidlar" title="Disaharidlar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Disaharidlar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharydy" title="Disacharydy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Disacharydy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissacar%C3%ADdeo" title="Dissacarídeo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dissacarídeo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizaharid%C4%83" title="Dizaharidă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dizaharidă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Дисахариды – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дисахариды" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakaridet" title="Disakaridet – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Disakaridet" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A9%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%9A%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A9" title="ඩයිසැකරයිඩ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඩයිසැකරයිඩ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharide" title="Disaccharide – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Disaccharide" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disacharid" title="Disacharid – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Disacharid" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharid" title="Disaharid – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Disaharid" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="دی ساکارید – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دی ساکارید" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharid" title="Disaharid – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Disaharid" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaharid" title="Disaharid – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Disaharid" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disakkaridi" title="Disakkaridi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Disakkaridi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disackarid" title="Disackarid – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Disackarid" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sucrose_molecule.svg/431px-Sucrose_molecule.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Sucrose_molecule.svg/574px-Sucrose_molecule.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="373" /></a><figcaption>Sucrose, a disaccharide formed from condensation of a molecule of glucose and a molecule of fructose</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>disaccharide</b> (also called a <b>double sugar</b> or <i><b>biose</b></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a> formed when two <a href="/wiki/Monosaccharide" title="Monosaccharide">monosaccharides</a> are joined by <a href="/wiki/Glycosidic_linkage" class="mw-redirect" title="Glycosidic linkage">glycosidic linkage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like monosaccharides, disaccharides are simple sugars <a href="/wiki/Solubility" title="Solubility">soluble</a> in water. Three common examples are <a href="/wiki/Sucrose" title="Sucrose">sucrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lactose" title="Lactose">lactose</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maltose" title="Maltose">maltose</a>. </p><p>Disaccharides are one of the four chemical groupings of <a href="/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate">carbohydrates</a> (monosaccharides, disaccharides, <a href="/wiki/Oligosaccharide" title="Oligosaccharide">oligosaccharides</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Polysaccharide" title="Polysaccharide">polysaccharides</a>). The most common types of disaccharides—sucrose, lactose, and maltose—have 12 <a href="/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon">carbon</a> atoms, with the general formula C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>. The differences in these disaccharides are due to <a href="/wiki/Isomer" title="Isomer">atomic arrangements within the molecule</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The joining of monosaccharides into a double sugar happens by a <a href="/wiki/Condensation_reaction" title="Condensation reaction">condensation reaction</a>, which involves the elimination of a water molecule from the <a href="/wiki/Functional_group" title="Functional group">functional groups</a> only. Breaking apart a double sugar into its two monosaccharides is accomplished by <a href="/wiki/Hydrolysis" title="Hydrolysis">hydrolysis</a> with the help of a type of <a href="/wiki/Enzyme" title="Enzyme">enzyme</a> called a <a href="/wiki/Disaccharidase" title="Disaccharidase">disaccharidase</a>. As building the larger sugar ejects a water molecule, breaking it down consumes a water molecule. These reactions are vital in <a href="/wiki/Metabolism" title="Metabolism">metabolism</a>. Each disaccharide is broken down with the help of a corresponding disaccharidase (<a href="/wiki/Sucrase" title="Sucrase">sucrase</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lactase" title="Lactase">lactase</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maltase" title="Maltase">maltase</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two functionally different classes of disaccharides: </p> <ul><li><b>Reducing disaccharides</b>, in which one monosaccharide, the <a href="/wiki/Reducing_sugar" title="Reducing sugar">reducing sugar</a> of the pair, still has a free <a href="/wiki/Hemiacetal" title="Hemiacetal">hemiacetal</a> unit that can perform as a reducing <a href="/wiki/Aldehyde" title="Aldehyde">aldehyde</a> group; <a href="/wiki/Lactose" title="Lactose">lactose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maltose" title="Maltose">maltose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cellobiose" title="Cellobiose">cellobiose</a> are examples of reducing disaccharides, each with one hemiacetal unit, the other occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Glycosidic_bond" title="Glycosidic bond">glycosidic bond</a>, which prevents it from acting as a <a href="/wiki/Reducing_agent" title="Reducing agent">reducing agent</a>. They can easily be detected by the Woehlk test or Fearon's test on <a href="/wiki/Methylamine" title="Methylamine">methylamine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Non-reducing disaccharides</b>, in which the component monosaccharides bond through an <a href="/wiki/Acetal" title="Acetal">acetal</a> linkage between their <a href="/wiki/Anomer" title="Anomer">anomeric</a> centers. This results in neither monosaccharide being left with a hemiacetal unit that is free to act as a reducing agent. <a href="/wiki/Sucrose" title="Sucrose">Sucrose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trehalose" title="Trehalose">trehalose</a> are examples of non-reducing disaccharides because their glycosidic bond is between their respective hemiacetal carbon atoms. The reduced chemical reactivity of the non-reducing sugars, in comparison to reducing sugars, may be an advantage where stability in storage is important.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The formation of a disaccharide molecule from two <a href="/wiki/Monosaccharide" title="Monosaccharide">monosaccharide</a> molecules proceeds by displacing a <a href="/wiki/Hydroxy_group" title="Hydroxy group">hydroxy group</a> from one molecule and a <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_atom" title="Hydrogen atom">hydrogen nucleus</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Proton" title="Proton">proton</a>) from the other, so that the new vacant bonds on the monosaccharides join the two <a href="/wiki/Monomer" title="Monomer">monomers</a> together. Because of the removal of the water molecule from the product, the term of convenience for such a process is "<a href="/wiki/Dehydration_reaction" title="Dehydration reaction">dehydration reaction</a>" (also "<a href="/wiki/Condensation_reaction" title="Condensation reaction">condensation reaction</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Dehydration_reaction" title="Dehydration reaction">dehydration synthesis</a>"). For example, milk sugar (lactose) is a disaccharide made by condensation of one molecule of each of the monosaccharides <a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galactose" title="Galactose">galactose</a>, whereas the disaccharide sucrose in sugar cane and sugar beet, is a condensation product of glucose and <a href="/wiki/Fructose" title="Fructose">fructose</a>. <a href="/wiki/Maltose" title="Maltose">Maltose</a>, another common disaccharide, is condensed from two glucose molecules.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The dehydration reaction that bonds monosaccharides into disaccharides (and also bonds monosaccharides into more complex <a href="/wiki/Polysaccharide" title="Polysaccharide">polysaccharides</a>) forms what are called glycosidic bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-ochempal_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ochempal-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Disaccharide" title="Special:EditPage/Disaccharide">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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Depending on the monosaccharide constituents, disaccharides are sometimes crystalline, sometimes water-soluble, and sometimes sweet-tasting and sticky-feeling. Disaccharides can serve as <a href="/wiki/Functional_group" title="Functional group">functional groups</a> by forming glycosidic bonds with other organic compounds, forming <a href="/wiki/Glycoside" title="Glycoside">glycosides</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assimilation">Assimilation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assimilation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Carbohydrate_digestion" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbohydrate digestion">Carbohydrate digestion</a></div> <p>Digestion of disaccharides involves breakdown into monosaccharides. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_disaccharides">Common disaccharides</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Common disaccharides"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Disaccharide </th> <th>Unit 1 </th> <th>Unit 2 </th> <th>Bond </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sucrose" title="Sucrose">Sucrose</a> (table sugar, cane sugar, beet sugar, or saccharose) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">Glucose</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fructose" title="Fructose">Fructose</a></td> <td>α(1→2)β </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lactose" title="Lactose">Lactose</a> (milk sugar) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galactose" title="Galactose">Galactose</a></td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>β(1→4) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maltose" title="Maltose">Maltose</a> (malt sugar) </td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>α(1→4) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trehalose" title="Trehalose">Trehalose</a> </td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>α(1→1)α </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cellobiose" title="Cellobiose">Cellobiose</a> </td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>Glucose</td> <td>β(1→4) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chitobiose" title="Chitobiose">Chitobiose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glucosamine" title="Glucosamine">Glucosamine</a></td> <td>Glucosamine</td> <td>β(1→4) </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <p>Maltose, cellobiose, and chitobiose are <a href="/wiki/Hydrolysis" title="Hydrolysis">hydrolysis</a> products of the polysaccharides <a href="/wiki/Starch" title="Starch">starch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cellulose" title="Cellulose">cellulose</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chitin" title="Chitin">chitin</a>, respectively. </p><p>Less common disaccharides include:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Disaccharide </th> <th>Units </th> <th>Bond </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kojibiose" title="Kojibiose">Kojibiose</a></td> <td>Two <a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">glucoses</a></td> <td>α(1→2)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigerose" title="Nigerose">Nigerose</a></td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>α(1→3) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isomaltose" title="Isomaltose">Isomaltose</a></td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>β,β-Trehalose</td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>β(1→1)β </td></tr> <tr> <td>α,β-Trehalose</td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>α(1→1)β<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sophorose" title="Sophorose">Sophorose</a></td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>β(1→2) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laminaribiose" title="Laminaribiose">Laminaribiose</a></td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>β(1→3) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gentiobiose" title="Gentiobiose">Gentiobiose</a></td> <td>Two glucoses</td> <td>β(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trehalulose" title="Trehalulose">Trehalulose</a> </td> <td>One glucose and one <a href="/wiki/Fructose" title="Fructose">fructose</a> </td> <td>α(1→1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turanose" title="Turanose">Turanose</a></td> <td>One glucose and one fructose</td> <td>α(1→3) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maltulose</td> <td>One glucose and one fructose</td> <td>α(1→4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Leucrose</td> <td>One glucose and one fructose</td> <td>α(1→5) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isomaltulose" title="Isomaltulose">Isomaltulose</a></td> <td>One glucose and one fructose</td> <td>α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gentiobiulose</td> <td>One glucose and one fructose</td> <td>β(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mannobiose" title="Mannobiose">Mannobiose</a></td> <td>Two <a href="/wiki/Mannose" title="Mannose">mannoses</a></td> <td>Either α(1→2), α(1→3), α(1→4), or α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melibiose" title="Melibiose">Melibiose</a></td> <td>One <a href="/wiki/Galactose" title="Galactose">galactose</a> and one glucose</td> <td>α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allolactose" title="Allolactose">Allolactose</a></td> <td>One galactose and one glucose</td> <td>β(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melibiulose" title="Melibiulose">Melibiulose</a></td> <td>One galactose and one fructose</td> <td>α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lactulose" title="Lactulose">Lactulose</a></td> <td>One galactose and one fructose</td> <td>β(1→4) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutinose" title="Rutinose">Rutinose</a></td> <td>One <a href="/wiki/Rhamnose" title="Rhamnose">rhamnose</a> and one glucose</td> <td>α(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rutinulose</td> <td>One rhamnose and one fructose</td> <td>β(1→6) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xylobiose" title="Xylobiose">Xylobiose</a></td> <td>Two xylopyranoses</td> <td>β(1→4) </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disaccharide&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/wiki/Maltose" title="Maltose">Maltose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucrose" title="Sucrose">Sucrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trehalose" title="Trehalose">Trehalose</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Added_sugar" title="Added sugar">Added sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reducing_sugar" title="Reducing sugar">Reducing sugar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_beet" title="Sugar beet">Sugar beet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">Sugarcane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agave_syrup" title="Agave syrup">Agave syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birch_syrup" title="Birch syrup">Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coconut_sugar" title="Coconut sugar">Coconut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_sugar" title="Date sugar">Date</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Barley_malt_syrup" title="Barley malt syrup">Barley malt syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_rice_syrup" title="Brown rice syrup">Brown rice syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheong_(food)" title="Cheong (food)">Cheong</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maesil-cheong" class="mw-redirect" title="Maesil-cheong">Maesil-cheong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogwa-cheong" class="mw-redirect" title="Mogwa-cheong">Mogwa-cheong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuja-cheong" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuja-cheong">Yuja-cheong</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_syrup" title="Corn syrup">Corn syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glucose_syrup" title="Glucose syrup">Glucose syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_syrup" title="Golden syrup">Golden syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup" title="High-fructose corn syrup">High-fructose corn syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-maltose_corn_syrup" title="High-maltose corn syrup">High-maltose corn syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey" title="Honey">Honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup" title="Inverted sugar syrup">Inverted sugar syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuromitsu" title="Kuromitsu">Kuromitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maple_syrup" title="Maple syrup">Maple syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuame" title="Mizuame">Mizuame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molasses" title="Molasses">Molasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_honey" title="Pine honey">Pine honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steen%27s_cane_syrup" title="Steen's cane syrup">Steen's cane syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Table_syrup" title="Table syrup">Table syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treacle" title="Treacle">Treacle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yac%C3%B3n_syrup" title="Yacón syrup">Yacón syrup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Solid forms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brown_sugar" title="Brown sugar">Brown</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Peen_tong" title="Peen tong">Peen tong</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candi_sugar" title="Candi sugar">Candi sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancaca" title="Chancaca">Chancaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystalline_fructose" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystalline fructose">Crystalline fructose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelling_sugar" title="Gelling sugar">Gelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gula_melaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Gula melaka">Gula melaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaggery" title="Jaggery">Jaggery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misri" class="mw-redirect" title="Misri">Misri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molasses_sugar" title="Molasses sugar">Molasses sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscovado" title="Muscovado">Muscovado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nib_sugar" title="Nib sugar">Nib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-centrifugal_cane_sugar" title="Non-centrifugal cane sugar">Non-centrifugal cane sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panela" title="Panela">Panela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Reserve" title="Plantation Reserve">Plantation Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powdered_sugar" title="Powdered sugar">Powdered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserving_sugar" title="Preserving sugar">Preserving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucanat" title="Sucanat">Sucanat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_candy" title="Sugar candy">Sugar candy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barley_sugar" title="Barley sugar">Barley sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterscotch" title="Butterscotch">Butterscotch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candy" title="Candy">Candy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_candy" title="Hard candy">Hard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_candy" title="Rock candy">Rock candy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toffee" title="Toffee">Toffee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_glass" title="Sugar glass">Sugar glass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarloaf" title="Sugarloaf">Sugarloaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasanbon" title="Wasanbon">Wasanbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_sugar" title="White sugar">White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other forms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caramel" title="Caramel">Caramel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_candy" title="Cotton candy">Cotton candy floss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foods_made_from_maple" title="List of foods made from maple">Maple sugar foods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rum" title="Rum">Rum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_alcohol" title="Sugar alcohol">Sugar alcohol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confectionery#Sugar_confectionery" title="Confectionery">Sugar confectionery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarcane_juice" title="Sugarcane juice">Sugarcane juice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuzem%C3%A1k" title="Tuzemák">Tuzemák</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unrefined_sweeteners" title="List of unrefined sweeteners">Unrefined sweeteners</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry" title="Sugar industry">Industry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boilery" title="Boilery">Boilery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plantation#Sugar" title="Plantation">Plantation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Casa-grande" title="Casa-grande">Casa-grande</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_refinery" title="Sugar refinery">Refinery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_bush" title="Sugar bush">Sugar bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugarcane_mill" title="Sugarcane mill">Sugarcane mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engenho" title="Engenho">Engenho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batey_(sugar_workers%27_town)" title="Batey (sugar workers' town)">Batey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zafra_(agriculture)" title="Zafra (agriculture)">Zafra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_marketing" title="Sugar marketing">Sugar marketing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By region (current)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sugar_mills_in_Queensland" title="List of sugar mills in Queensland">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundaberg_Sugar" title="Bundaberg Sugar">Bundaberg Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CSR_Limited" title="CSR Limited">CSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmar_Sugar" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilmar Sugar">Wilmar Sugar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_sugar_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban sugar economy">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_the_Caribbean" title="Sugar plantations in the Caribbean">Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sugar_manufacturers_in_Kenya" title="List of sugar manufacturers in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_India" title="Sugar industry of India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_Mauritius" title="Sugar industry of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_the_Philippines" title="Sugar industry of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_Rwanda" title="Sugar industry of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Sugar industry of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_South_Africa#Sugarcane" title="Agriculture in South Africa">South Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illovo_Sugar" title="Illovo Sugar">Illovo Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongaat_Hulett" title="Tongaat Hulett">Tongaat Hulett</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sugar_manufacturers_in_Tanzania" title="List of sugar manufacturers in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_Uganda" title="Sugar industry of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li>United Kingdom <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Sugar" title="British Sugar">British Sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_%26_Lyle" title="Tate & Lyle">Tate & Lyle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_industry_of_the_United_States" title="Sugar industry of the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Association" title="Sugar Association">Sugar Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Sugar_Program" title="U.S. Sugar Program">U.S. Sugar Program</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By region (historical)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_production_in_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Sugar production in the Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_mills_in_Fiji" title="Sugar mills in Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_plantations_in_Hawaii" title="Sugar plantations in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_sugar" title="History of sugar">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1811_German_Coast_uprising" title="1811 German Coast uprising">1811 German Coast uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelioration_Act_1798" title="Amelioration Act 1798">Amelioration Act 1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackbirding" title="Blackbirding">Blackbirding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_molasses_trade" title="Colonial molasses trade">Colonial molasses trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demerara_rebellion_of_1823" title="Demerara rebellion of 1823">Demerara rebellion of 1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holing_cane" title="Holing cane">Holing cane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Sugar_House" title="Leith Sugar House">Leith Sugar House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molasses_Act" title="Molasses Act">Molasses Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reciprocity_Treaty_of_1875" title="Reciprocity Treaty of 1875">Reciprocity Treaty of 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_British_and_French_Caribbean" title="Slavery in the British and French Caribbean">Slavery in the British and French Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Act" title="Sugar Act">Sugar Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Duties_Acts_1846" title="Sugar Duties Acts 1846">Sugar Duties Acts 1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Intervention" title="Sugar Intervention">Sugar Intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Sugar_Railways" title="Taiwan Sugar Railways">Taiwan Sugar Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triangular_trade" title="Triangular trade">Triangular trade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Added_sugar" title="Added sugar">Added sugar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crop_Over" title="Crop Over">Crop Over</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_shack" title="Sugar shack">Sugar shack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugaring" title="Sugaring">Sugaring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_nips" title="Sugar nips">Sugar nips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_packet" title="Sugar packet">Sugar packet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sucrology" class="mw-redirect" title="Sucrology">Sucrology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_people" title="Sugar people">Sugar people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_tit" title="Sugar tit">Sugar tit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_sculpture" title="Sugar sculpture">Sugar sculpture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treacle_mining" title="Treacle mining">Treacle mining</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_sweet_foods" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Aboriginal sweet foods">Australian Aboriginal sweet foods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagasse" title="Bagasse">Bagasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_sugar_level" title="Blood sugar level">Blood sugar level</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cane_knife" title="Cane knife">Cane knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flavored_syrup" title="Flavored syrup">Flavored syrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruit_syrup" title="Fruit syrup">Fruit syrup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Date_honey" title="Date honey">Date honey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grape_syrup" title="Grape syrup">Grape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jallab" title="Jallab">Jallab</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_effects_of_sugar" class="mw-redirect" title="Health effects of sugar">Health effects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">Nectar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_addiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar addiction">Sugar addiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugars_in_wine" title="Sugars in wine">Sugars in wine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Residual_sugar" class="mw-redirect" title="Residual sugar">Residual sugar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_substitute" title="Sugar substitute">Sugar substitute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetened_beverage" title="Sweetened beverage">Sweetened beverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetener" title="Sweetener">Sweetener</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetness" title="Sweetness">Sweetness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinasse" title="Vinasse">Vinasse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lustig" title="Robert Lustig">Robert Lustig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Yudkin" title="John Yudkin">John Yudkin</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pure,_White_and_Deadly" title="Pure, White and Deadly">Pure, White and Deadly</a></i> (1972)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Xylulose" title="Xylulose">Xylulose</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deoxy_sugar" title="Deoxy sugar">Deoxy sugars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deoxyribose" title="Deoxyribose">Deoxyribose</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hexose" title="Hexose">Hexoses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aldohexose" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldohexose">Aldohexoses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allose" title="Allose">Allose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altrose" title="Altrose">Altrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galactose" title="Galactose">Galactose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glucose" title="Glucose">Glucose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulose" title="Gulose">Gulose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idose" title="Idose">Idose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannose" title="Mannose">Mannose</a></li> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Sedoheptulose" title="Sedoheptulose">Sedoheptulose</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Above 7</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Octose" title="Octose">Octoses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonose" title="Nonose">Nonoses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neuraminic_acid" title="Neuraminic acid">Neuraminic acid</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multiple</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Disaccharides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Maltotriose">Maltotriose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melezitose" title="Melezitose">Melezitose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raffinose" title="Raffinose">Raffinose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tetrasaccharide" title="Tetrasaccharide">Tetrasaccharides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stachyose" title="Stachyose">Stachyose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br /> <a href="/wiki/Oligosaccharide" title="Oligosaccharide">oligosaccharides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acarbose" title="Acarbose">Acarbose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fructooligosaccharide" title="Fructooligosaccharide">Fructooligosaccharide</a> (FOS)</li> 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