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One common ingredient is D-mannose, which is a simple sugar similar to glucose.
—Joni Sweet, Health, 1 June 2024
Bake simple sugar cookies, whip up a few colored icings, assemble all the supplies, and gather the kids to express their creativity on a cookie canvas!
—Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
Actually, mind your beeswax Bees work busily, visiting flowers and converting pollen and nectar in their stomachs to remove water and produce a simple sugar.
—Noah Lederman, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023
The primary fuel source for higher intensities of exercise is often glucose—the simple sugar that comes from the breakdown of carbohydrates.
—Amber Sayer, Health, 26 Oct. 2023
This list includes acesulfame potassium, or Ace-K – a synthetic calorie-free sugar substitute – as well as sugar alcohols and even simple sugar.
—Jiangang Chen, The Conversation, 21 July 2023
Glazed Ham, Honey Molasses Whole-Wheat Bread Corn syrup Corn syrup is primarily composed of glucose, a simple sugar, and is made by treating the starch molecules from corn with an acid or enzyme.
—Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
By the 1920s, girls were going door-to-door selling simple sugar cookies packaged in wax paper bags for 25 to 35 cents per dozen.
—Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
Carbohydrates then get turned into simple sugar molecules: glucose, which enters the blood through the walls of your gut.
—Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above
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“Simple sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple%20sugar. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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