Meaning & use
saccharate
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A salt or compound formed from saccharic acid, or more generally a compound combining sugar with a metal or base.
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Calcium saccharate is used industrially to help purify sugar from molasses.
The chemist prepared a saccharate solution as part of the sugar-refining process.
A note on using this word
Saccharates play a practical role in sugar refining, where calcium saccharate helps separate sucrose from impurities in beet juice.
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