Sugar, any of numerous sweet, colourless,

Sugar, any of numerous sweet, colourless, water-soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals and making up the simplest group of carbohydrates. (See also carbohydrate.) The most common sugar is sucrose, a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods and beverages.

Sugar, any of numerous sweet, colourless, water-soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals and making up the simplest group of carbohydrates. The most common sugar is sucrose, a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods and beverages.

SFT mishri (candy sugar or rock sugar) is a unrefined form of sugar; it is commonly used for culinary as well as medicinal purposes. It has its origin in India and Persia and is made from crystallized and flavoured sugar.