The Latin word Sucrose means Sugar. Sucrose is a disaccharide. It is a non-reducing sugar. Sucrose is called sugar or beet sugar. Sugarcane, beets, carrots, flower nectar, pineapple etc. contain sucrose. The main raw material of honey is sucrose. Sugarcane contains 15% sucrose. It is twice as sweet as glucose. Carbohydrates are produced in plant leaves during photosynthesis and transported to various organs as sucrose. That is, sucrose is transported throughout the plant body. Sugar is sucrose. Analyzing sugar produces glucose and fructose. About 170 million tons of sugar are produced every year. English chemist William Miller (1857) coined the term sucrose.