Sugar

Other Name:    Sucrose

Chemical Formula:  C12H22O11 

Used: used in cooking

Properties: Numerous sweet, colourless, water-soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals and making up the simplest group of carbohydrates. (See also carbohydrate .) The most common sugar is sucrose , a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods and beverages.