Is white sugar sucrose?

White sugar is a condiment with a very white color, looks very clean, and is very sweet. It is suitable for making various sweets. The human body needs sugar to supplement nutrition. In fact, the sugar content in white sugar is very high, but the consumption should not be too much at one time. It is best to heat it at high temperature before consumption, so as to improve the body's absorption. So is white sugar sucrose?

First, is white sugar sucrose? Granulated sugar is the white sugar we often eat. It is edible, medicinal, and can be used for beauty. Washing your face with white sugar can exfoliate and whiten the skin. What is granulated sugar made of? It is made from sugarcane or beets (one-step method) or raw sugar (two-step method), through juicing, filtering, removing impurities, clarifying (the above steps are not required for raw sugar), vacuum concentration and crystallization, honey removal, sugar washing, and drying. White sugar is the main type of edible sugar. In foreign countries, basically 100% of edible sugar is white sugar. In China, white sugar accounts for more than 90% of the total edible sugar. White sugar is divided into refined, premium, first grade and second grade.

Second, granulated sugar is white in color and sweet in taste, and is very popular among people. In addition, white sugar has the effects of moistening the lungs and producing body fluids, relieving coughs, soothing liver qi, nourishing yin, and removing bad breath. Appropriate consumption of white sugar can help improve the body's absorption of calcium, but too much will hinder the absorption of calcium; you should rinse your mouth or brush your teeth immediately after eating sugar to prevent tooth decay; it is not easy for diabetic patients to eat sugar directly, and it is best to use sweeteners instead. When cooking with soy sauce, some of the sugar in the soy sauce is broken down, and the dishes often have a sour taste. Adding a little sugar when cooking can eliminate the sour taste. Before boiling ham, you can first apply some white sugar on the ham to make it easier to cook and enhance the flavor. Soaking dried mushrooms in warm sugar water can make them more delicious. After adding sugar to food, mold is not easy to invade and can delay spoilage.

Sucrose is one of the basic foods for human beings and has a history of thousands of years. Sucrose can be divided into three types according to its purity: white sugar, granulated sugar and tablet sugar. The raw materials for sucrose are mainly sugarcane and sugar beets. Sugar cane or beets are crushed by machines, the sugar juice is collected, filtered, treated with lime to remove impurities, and then bleached with sulfur dioxide to form white sugar. From the above content, it can be seen that white sugar is actually made from processed sucrose. In addition, it should be reminded that white sugar is not suitable for diabetics to eat, and sugar is easy to ferment. Do not eat it raw after being stored for a long time.