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This can easily be answered once you break it all down to a molecular level. Here are the basics...
Sugar (as we know it, like table sugar) is a disaccharide known as sucrose. This is made up of two monomers, glucose and fructose. Various other mixings of similar monomers produce other types of sugars and sweetners.
Carbohydrates are very complex, and are polysaccharides. This means that they contain long polymers, which eack contain hundreds or thousands of monomers, like glucose.
Sugars and carbohydrates to the same thing for the body, and - when broken up moleculary - are actually near identical. They both provide energy.
Really, it is not that sugars have carbohydrates, but rather that carbohydrates have sugars.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause it is. Carbohydrates are chemicals with the empirical formula Cx(H2O)y. The term arose when chemists didn't know much about molecular structure. Nowadays we know that carbohydrates are not literally "hydrates of carbon", but the term is still used for compounds that have that general formula.
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∙ 11y agobecause there is no nutrition value beyond just the carbohydrate. As well the body needs to nothing to metabolize it into glucose.
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How many grams of Carbohydrates in sugar?
Common ways of measuring carbohydrates include grams and calories. So, if you have 3 grams of carbohydrates you have 3 grams of carbohydrates or 12 calories worth of carbohydrates.
How many carbs are there in a cup of powdered sugar?
Powdered sugar contains 30 grams of carbohydrates per 1/4 cup serving, so there are 120 grams of carbohydrates per cup of powdered sugar.
How many carbohydrates are in a half cup brown sugar?
All sugar (white or brown) is entirely carbohydrates. Same with starch.
How many calories are in 28.5 grams of sugar?
There are approximately 114 calories in 28.5 grams of sugar. Table sugar (sucrose) is almost pure carbohydrates. Each gram of carbohydrates has four calories. So to find out how many calories in 28.5g sugar, we simply multiply: 28.5 x 4 = 114 kcal
How many teaspoon in one ounce of sugar?
4 grams of carbohydrates 4 grams of carbohydrates
How many cups of sugar are in A grams carbohydrates?
"A" grams is undefined; but sugar is pure carbohydrate.
How many carbohydrates in a pound of granulated sugar?
One pound, as sugar is pure carbohydrate.
Do carbohydrates breakdown sugar?
No, enzymes break carbohydrates down into sugar.
Are carbohydrates full of sugar?
Not necessarily. Pasta has no added sugar, neither do many breads. Read the labels. Carbohydrates are good for you, provided they're not all donuts.
How many kilcalories are in 12 grams of sugar?
There are 4 kilocalories per gram of carbohydrates. Table sugar is almost pure carbs. so 4x12= 48 calories
How many fat grams are in one cup of sugar?
Sugar is 100% sugar, carbohydrates, not fat.
How many carbohydrates are in one cup of 2 percent milk?
in milk there are10tea/sppon fulls of sugar which is 40grammes of sugar so whats the need to add sugar to the tea its already in there from milk posted by toni campbell-innes 15years old
