Carbohydrate
Disaccharides are found among a variety of common foods we consume on a daily basis. Often referred to as ‘double sugars’, disaccharides are created when two small sugar molecules (called monosaccharides) bond together to form a larger disaccharide. For example, when glucose and fructose are bonded, this creates sucrose.
Likewise when glucose and galactose are bonded, this creates lactose. The disaccharides people will be most familiar with are sucrose, maltose and lactose.
