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Someone made a chemistry joke that went over your head. Dextrose is sugar. Common in corn syrup, to be exact.



Yes, but the volume is higher than granular sugar. It's a "bulking agent" to give the sweetener a pleasing volume.


Dextrose is sugar just like cellulose is sugar.




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