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'''Sugar''' is a sweet ingredient added to foods such as cookies, cakes, and pastries. Sugar comes from beets or sugarcane and is generally grown in tropical environments. Sugar plays an important role in the commerce of many countries, including [[Jamaica]], [[Guatemala]], and [[Bolivia]].
'''Sugar''' is a sweet ingredient added to foods such as cookies, cakes, and pastries.
Sugar is sweet because it contains sucrose (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>), which is a [[solid]] white disaccharide that alters the [[flavor]] of foods. Sucrose is a [[carbohydrate]]<ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/carbohydrates-full-story/index.html Carbohydrates]</ref>. When digested, sugar provides approximately 4 calories per gram.<ref>[http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sugar.htm Sugar, The Natural Sweetener]</ref>
Sugar comes from beets or sugarcane and is generally grown in tropical environments.
Sugar plays an important role in the commerce of many countries, including [[Jamaica]], [[Guatemala]], and [[Bolivia]].
When consumed in large quantities, sugar is [[Healthy eating|unhealthy]], may lead to [[tooth decay]], [[obesity]], or [[diabetes]]. Many processed food products such as [[Twinkies]], children's breakfast cereals, and candy bars contain large amounts of sugar.
Sugar is sweet because it contains sucrose (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>), which is a [[solid]] white disaccharide that alters the [[flavor]] of foods.
Sucrose is a [[carbohydrate]]<ref>[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/carbohydrates-full-story/index.html Carbohydrates]</ref>.
When digested, sugar provides approximately 4 calories per gram.<ref>[http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sugar.htm Sugar, The Natural Sweetener]</ref>
Sucrose is broken down in the body into [[glucose]] and [[fructose]].
When consumed in large quantities, sugar is [[Healthy eating|unhealthy]], may lead to [[tooth decay]], [[obesity]], or [[diabetes]].
Many processed food products such as [[Twinkies]], children's breakfast cereals, and candy bars contain large amounts of sugar.
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