corn sugar
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corn sugar noun: dextrose, especially originating from corn starch.
Noun
corn sugar (countable and uncountable, plural corn sugars)
- Dextrose, especially originating from corn starch.
- Corn sugar is a key ingredient in home beer making.2003, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
- These added sugars assume various names on food labels: sucrose, invert sugar, corn sugar, corn syrups and solids, high-fructose corn syrup, and honey.2010, Understanding Nutrition
- A deceptive term for high fructose corn syrup developed by corn refiners meant to imply sugar.
- Last week, the industry group applied to the federal government for permission to use a new name for the ingredient on food labels: "corn sugar."2010, “Corn sugar makers hope you'll but the new name”, in NPR
- The Corn Refiners Association wants to use "corn sugar" as an alternative name for the widely used liquid sweetener currently labeled as high fructose corn syrup on most sodas and packaged foods.2011, Thomas Watkins, “'Corn sugar' is false advertising, FDA warns”, in Associated Press
Forms of corn sugar
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Origin of corn sugar
From corn + sugar.
Questions about corn sugar
- What does corn sugar mean?
- Corn sugar means dextrose, especially originating from corn starch.
- What part of speech is corn sugar?
- Corn sugar is a noun.
- What is the plural of corn sugar?
- The plural of corn sugar is corn sugars.
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