A food scientist has chemically analyzed a food item to determine its ingredients. One of the ingredients was a simple chemical that consisted of a molecule of glucose bonded to another molecule of glucose. This ingredient was _____.

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A simple chemical consisting of a molecule of glucose bonded to another molecule of glucose is the disaccharide maltose. Sucrose is a disaccharide made of glucose and fructose, lactose is a disaccharide made of glucose and galactose, and oligogalactose is a polysaccharide made of multiple galactose monomers.

A Food Scientist Has Chemically Analyzed a Food Item to Determine