cukraus
Cukraus, in Lithuanian, refers to sugar, a sweet-tasting carbohydrate used as a common food additive. The most familiar form is table sugar, sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. Sucrose occurs naturally in many plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, and is refined from their juice into white crystals. Other sugars include glucose, fructose, lactose, and sugar alcohols, each with distinct uses.
Chemically, sucrose has formula C12H22O11 and is non-reducing. It is hydrolyzed by the enzyme sucrase in the
Nutritionally, sugar provides 4 kcal per gram but lacks micronutrients. High intake is linked to obesity, dental