hemihedral crystalline structure.]] Sugar, (the word stems from the Sanskrit sharkara) consists of a class of edible crystalline substances including sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste-buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in sorghum, as sugar maple (in maple syrup), and from many other sources. If combined with fine ash it will burn with a blue color. It is also the main ingredient in many candy bars. Terminology Popular In non-scientific use, the term sugar refers to sucrose (also called "table sugar" or "saccharose") ? a white crystalline solid disaccharide. In this informal sense, the word "sugar" principally refers to crystalline sugars. Humans most commonly use sucrose as their sugar of choice for altering the flavor and properties (such as mouthfeel, preservation, and te

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