Question

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How do salt and sugar help in preserving food?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, refers to sucrose, a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sugar is an organic compound in the form of carbohydrate. There are different types of sugar:

• simple sugars known as monosaccharides, which includes glucose (dextrose), fructose (fruit sugar) and galactose.
• a double sugar joined by a glycosidic link - 2 monosaccharides joined together are called disaccharides, which includes sucrose (table/granulated sugar).

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