A friend says, "My diet contains no sucrose because I don't eat table sugar.". Is this likely to be true?
a. Yes, because sucrose is only found in table sugar
b. No, because sucrose occurs naturally in or is added to many foods.
c. No, because sucrose occurs in germinating seeds and arises during digestion.
d. No, because sucrose is found in milk.
e. No, because sucrose does not have to be listed on food labels so we cannot know if we are consuming sucrose or not.
b
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