levulose
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nonlevulose adjective
Etymology
Origin of levulose
Example Sentences
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This difference seems to be due to the varying proportion of natural glucose, which will crystallize, and levulose, or mellose, which will not crystallize.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
That is, sucrose is converted into levulose and dextrose sugars.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
The cane sugar, however, does not ferment directly: the enzyme in the yeast first transforms the sugar into dextrose and levulose, and these sugars then undergo alcoholic fermentation.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
Carrots contain about half as much dry matter as potatoes, and half of the dry matter is sugar, nearly equally divided between sucrose and levulose, or fruit sugar.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
It is a mixture of cane sugar and invert sugars, as levulose and dextrose.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
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