Sucrose is a type of sugar made up of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose joined together. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides: glucose and fructose. Sucrose is produced naturally in plants, from which white sugar is refined and crystalized. It has the molecular formula. For human consumption, sucrose is extracted and refined from either sugarcane or sugar beet. Sugar mills – typically located in tropical regions near where sugarcane is grown – crush the cane and produce raw sugar which is shipped to other factories for refining into pure sucrose. Sugar beet factories are located in temperate climates where the beet is grown, and process the beets directly into refined sugar. The sugar refining process involves washing the raw sugar crystals before dissolving them into a sugar syrup which is filtered and then passed over carbon to remove any residual colour. The sugar syrup is then concentrated by
La sacarosa es un tipo de azúcar compuesto de una molécula de glucosa y una molécula de frutosa unida. Es un disacárido, una molécula compuesta de dos monosacáridos: glucosa y frutosa. La sacarosa se produce naturalmente en plantas, de las que el azúcar blanco se refina y cristaliza. Tiene la fórmula molecular. Para el consumo humano, la sacarosa se extrae y refina de la canela de azúcar o de la hierba de azúcar. Las fábricas de azúcar – típicamente ubicadas en regiones tropicales cerca de donde se cultiva la canela de azúcar – trituran la canela y producen azúcar crudo que se envía a otras fábricas para refinar en azúcar pura. Las fábricas de harina de azúcar están ubicadas en climas templados donde se cultiva el azúcar, y procesan las harinas directamente en azúcar refinada.