| FEMA | N/A |
| CAS | 57-50-1 |
| EINECS | 200-334-9 |
| JECFA Food Flavoring | N/A |
| CoE Number | N/A |
| Organoleptic Notes |
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| Odor | N/A |
| Flavor | sweet sugar, brown, |
| Material Notes | a nonreducing disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose linked via their anomeric carbons. it is obtained commercially from sugarcane, sugar beet (beta vulgaris), and other plants and used extensively as a food and a sweetener. Sweetening agent and food source assimilated by most organisms. Also used in food products as a preservative, antioxidant, moisture control agent, stabiliser and thickening agent. Widespread in seeds, leaves, fruits, flowers and roots of plants, where it functions as an energy store for metabolism and as a carbon source for biosynth. Annual world production is in excess of 90 x 106 tons mainly from the juice of sugar cane and sugar beet which contain respectively ca. 20% and ca. 17% of the sugar |