Definition of Malt sugar

1. Noun. A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches.

Exact synonyms: Maltose
Generic synonyms: Disaccharide

Definition of Malt sugar

1. Noun. maltose ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Malt sugar

1. Disaccharide intermediate of the breakdown of starch, glucose _(1-4) glucose. Fermentable substrate in brewing. (20 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malt Sugar

malpractitioner
malpresentation
malrotated ear
malrotation
malrotation / midgut volvulus
malrotation of the intestine
mals
malshapen
malstick
malsticks
malt
malt-worker's lung
malt liquor
malt loaf
malt shop
malt sugar (current term)
malt vinegar
malt whiskey
malt whiskeys
malt whisky
malta
maltalent
maltase
maltases
malted
malted milk
malted milks
malteds
maltene
maltenes

Literary usage of Malt sugar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"Levulose is sweeter than dextrose. Its reducing power on Fehling's solution is assumed to be the same as that of dextrose. malt sugar, OR MALTOSE. ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"313), even molasses can be made to yield crystallised sugar. MALT-SUGAR. Maltose. Malton. ... malt sugar ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"When, however, cane sugar or malt sugar is treated with ordinary yeast alcoholic fermentation takes place. This is due to a preliminary action of other ..."

4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1887)
"DEAR SIRS,—In reply to your inquiry as to whether Dextrine or malt sugar is best suited for digestion by children, I must say that I think Dextrine is ..."

5. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts, Great Britain (1856)
"Distiller to deliver an account of the malt, sugar, and molasses used in every distilling ... Distillers prohibited from selling malt, sugar, or molasses. ..."

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