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Study shows sucrose decomposes
Sucrose does not melt; it decomposes, and this discovery means that food scientists can manipulate sugars to improve their products’ flavor and consistency, according to researchers at the University of Illinois–Urbana.

In their research, the researchers could not achieve a constant melting point for sucrose. They received different results depending on how quickly the sucrose was heated, which led them to determine that the melting point was heating–rate dependent, …