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Sugar
What is sugar? About the ingredient sugar. Including 15,483 recipes with sugar, nutrition data, photos, where it's found, and video.
Contents
About
In food, sugar almost exclusively refers to sucrose, which primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet. Other sugars are used in industrial food preparation, but are usually known by more specific names—glucose, fructose or fruit sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc. Excessive consumption of sugar has been associated with increased incidences of type 2 diabetes, obesity and, tooth decay. 
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving packet (2g)Amount per Serving
Calories 7Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.0g
0%
Saturated Fat
0.0g
0%
Trans Fat
~
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
2.0g
1%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
2.0
Protein
0.0g
Vitamin A 0%
•
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
•
Iron 0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower
depending on your caloric needs.
Where found
Sugar is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Sugar is a member of the Sweets USDA nutritional food group.
How much does sugar weigh?
| measure | grams |
| 1 serving packet | 2 |
| 1 tsp | 4 |
| 1 cup | 200 |
| 1 serving 1 cube | 2 |
| In Chinese: | 糖 | |
| British (UK) term: | sugar | |
| en français: | de sucre | |
| en español: | azúcar |
Recipes using sugar
There are 18014 recipes that contain this ingredient.
References
| See more about sugar | over 12 years ago |
| Usda nutrition data | about 8 years ago |
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