Sugar is a class of sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates used widely in food and metabolism for energy. Sugar in many forms and permutations is ubiquitous, naturally occurring, and required for most life forms on Planet Earth. Sugar is used as a preservative, a viscosity-enhancing agent, a sweetening agent, and for other reasons in foods and beverages. Types of Granulated Sugars Sugar gets its name from Sanskrit word Sarkarā , which originally meant "gritty, gravelly or ground sugar." The name itself has an ancient and fascinating journey through trade routes. In common language it was calles " Shakkar " in Northern India. It traveled west and became shakar in Persian and sukkar in Arabic. European traders adopted the Arabic word, turning it into sucre in Old French. By the late 14th century, it entered the English language as sugre or sugar . After Brazil (22%), India (14%) is the largest sugar producer in the world and it leads in sugarcane production. ...