malt sugar

noun

Examples of malt sugar in a Sentence

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Maltose: malt sugar, often found in bread and beer. Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024 The kouign amann, crafted with butter, barley malt sugar and high-gluten flour, comes in individual ($5.50) and XL family dessert sizes ($35). John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024 The collective behind Stockholm niche perfumery Stora Skuggan attempts to bottle the mystery, and its blend of immortelle, fig leaf, and malt sugar is appropriately enigmatic. Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2021 The second is disaccharides, which are just two of these single sugar molecules linked together: sucrose, or table sugar (glucose + fructose); lactose, or milk sugar (glucose + galactose); and maltose, or malt sugar (glucose + glucose). Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 24 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of malt sugar was in 1862

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“Malt sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malt%20sugar. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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