Question

Sugar is a component of which of the following?

carbohydrates
lipids
nucleic acids

Answer 1

carbohydrates is the correct answer

Answer 2

carbohydrates

Step-by-step explanation:

The white stuff we know as sugar is sucrose, a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen (C12H22O11). Like all compounds made from these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate. ... Sucrose is actually two simpler sugars stuck together: fructose and glucose.