レアシュガー

noun

rare sugar

A technical term for monosaccharides and their derivatives that exist in small quantities in nature. Often contrasted with common sugars like glucose and fructose. The Japanese term 希少糖 is a direct translation.

See also: 希少糖

• レアシュガーは自し然ぜん界かいにごく少しょう量りょうしか存そん在ざいしない糖とうの総そう称しょうです。

  Rare sugars are a general term for sugars that exist only in very small amounts in nature.

• 最さい近きん、レアシュガーの健けん康こう効こう果かに関かんする研けん究きゅうが進すすんでいる。

  Recently, research on the health benefits of rare sugars has been advancing.