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Why is this 'table sugar' rather than just 'sugar'? [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 08:13, 30 November 2008 (EST)
:I can guess why. The substance known as "table sugar" is specifically sucrose, and more specifically ''refined'' sucrose. "Sugar" is a generic term that can include any mono- or disaccharide. (A polysaccharide is one of three things: "starch", "cellulose", or glycogen.)

:I would also surmise that the editor is trying to make a point that refined sugar added at table, or even used in cooking, is deleterious to a person's health in ways that only recently anyone has thought of.

:And while I'm on the subject, I am inclined to agree.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 08:19, 30 November 2008 (EST)
::Thanks Terry. The term was new to me. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 08:21, 30 November 2008 (EST)

==Contents vs. composition==

* Sugar is sweet because it contains sucrose (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>)

Does it "contain" [[sucrose]]? I mean, is sucrose one of several ingredients in table sugar just as [[iodide]] is an ingredient in [[table salt]]? 

Or is sugar nothing more or less than sucrose?

Think of [[Aspirin]]. What does it contain? A tablet of aspirin "contains" a trace of other ingredients to keep it in tablet form and so on. But aspirin does not "contain" [[acetylsalicylic acid]]. It "is" [[acetylsalicylic acid]]. This should be in the [[Conservapedia:Guidelines|Guidelines]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 10:39, 4 February 2009 (EST)