Saccharide facts for kids

Saccharide can mean different things:

Saccharides are the anions and salts of the sweetener saccharin (sodium saccharide, denatonium saccharide). Saccharin is sometimes used to replace sugar.
Saccharide is a general synonym for sugars. Common kinds of sugar are monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide.

Images for kids

D-glucose is an aldohexose with the formula (C·H2O)6. The red atoms highlight the aldehyde group and the blue atoms highlight the asymmetric center furthest from the aldehyde; because this -OH is on the right of the Fischer projection, this is a D sugar.
Glucose can exist in both a straight-chain and ring form.
Sucrose, also known as table sugar, is a common disaccharide. It is composed of two monosaccharides: D-glucose (left) and D-fructose (right).
Grain products: rich sources of carbohydrates
Glucose tablets