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English translation: table sugar

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Spanish term or phrase:	azúcar común
English translation:	table sugar
Entered by:	Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez

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20:04 Jul 31, 2003

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Medical - Nutrition / nutrition

Spanish term or phrase: azúcar común

1) Los Azúcares Simples:
Son la sacarosa, o azúcar común, de caña o remolacha; la fructosa, azúcar presente en las frutas y en la miel; la lactosa, el azúcar de la leche.

Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez KudoZ activity Questions: 1149 (11 open) (2 without valid answers) (25 closed without grading) Answers: 40
Local time: 23:44

table sugar

Explanation:
There's nothing wrong with the other answers, but I think this option best sets it apart from other sugars.

Selected response from:

Alan Lambson
Local time: 20:44

Grading comment

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

common sugar

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.

4 +4

table sugar

Alan Lambson

4 +2

plain sugar

xxxOso

5 +1

White Sugar

Patricia Baldwin

Table sugar

yolanda Speece

normal cane or beet sugar

Parrot

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

common sugar

Explanation:
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Sucrose
... Whether from sugar cane (20% by weight) or sugar beets (15% by weight),
and whether raw or refined, common sugar is still sucrose. ...
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/carbohydrates/sucrose.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

Food Constituents: Carbohydrates
... group at any position on the other sugar: lactose (milk sugar), maltose,
sucrose (common sugar). Sucrose (C 12 H 22 O 11 ) is formed ...
interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/food/ foodnut/constit/constit_carbo.html

... Whether it comes from sugar cane (20% by weight) or sugar beet (15% by weight),
and whether it is raw or refined, common sugar is still sucrose. ...
hsb.iitm.ernet.in/~jm/jan_feb02/Sweet%20chat.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

News
... Natural sugars like sucrose (common sugar), glucose, fructose have a
common basic structure made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. ...
www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec24/snt6.asp -

TheHumanGenome
... substrate: the specific substance upon which an enzyme acts. sucrose:
common sugar. It is obtained from sugar cane and sugar beet. ...
www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/genome/glossary/glosss.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Introduction and assignments
... So, a 0.500 molar solution of sucrose, common sugar, can be represented by
0.5 M C12H22 O11 (sucrose) or 0.5 mols sucrose/ 1 liter of solution. ...
www.csubak.edu/~mdutton/C211U4.html

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 21:44
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

plain sugar

Explanation:
Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Un ejemplo:

\"Sugar (sucrose) is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in every fruit and vegetable. It is a major product of photosynthesis, the process by which plants transform the sun’s energy into food. **This sugar is commonly known as table sugar or just regular plain sugar.** We carry cane sugar in its unbleached crystalline form. When in this form it is known as natural cane turbinado sugar. ...\"

http://www.bulkfoods.com/sugar.htm

xxxOso
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

table sugar

Explanation:
There's nothing wrong with the other answers, but I think this option best sets it apart from other sugars.

Alan Lambson
Local time: 20:44
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!! :)

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

White Sugar

Explanation:
www.sugarweb.co.uk/sugar/types

Good Luck!

Patricia Baldwin
United States
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

azúcar común normal cane or beet sugar

Explanation:
for the whole phrase "azúcar común, de caña o remolacha". (This may be brown or white depending on degree of refinement).

Ex:
Metco SA de CV - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Thanks to a METCO patented formula, LC SUGAR preserves all its attributes, -exactly
the same as normal (cane or beet) sugar - with no aftertaste and same ...
www.metco.com.mx/interior_azucarbc2.html

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

Table sugar

Explanation:
the simple sugars are sucrose or table sugar from sugar cane or beet root (from sugar beets); fructose, sugar found in fruits and honey; lactose, sugar found in milk

o remolacha; la fructosa, azúcar presente en las frutas y en la miel; la lactosa, el azúcar de la leche.

nutrition

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Please disregard the \"o remolacha...\" .
I pasted so that I could see what I was translating

you can also say processed sugar because in its raw form it\'s brown
what they refer to at least where I grew up as \" piloncillo\"

good luck

yolanda Speece
Local time: 21:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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