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Now, straight table sugar would be difficult to stomach, but there are companies that have packaged maple syrup into small serving sizes.
—Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2023
Some common terms under which sugar can appear in foods include:
Sucrose: the chemical term for table sugar.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
An American Crystal Sugar plant processing beets pulled from farmers’ fields into table sugar churns on the other end.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
Because artificial sweeteners are much sweeter than table sugar, smaller amounts are necessary, and their caloric content is negligible.
—Trang Tran, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 26 July 2024
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First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
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“Table sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20sugar. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
table sugar
noun
: sugar entry 1 sense 1
especially
: white sugar granules
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