Talk:Sucrose
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People, and in fact most other mammals except members of the cat family, will gladly accept a food sweetened with sucrose, even if they aren't hungry.
Does anyone know why cats are unique? Do they dislike the taste of sucrose, or do they only refuse sweetened food if they're not hungry? --Bkell 07:58, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- This page (http://www.fabcats.org/feeding.html) says cats lack the enzymes to digest sucrose. ᚣᚷᚷᛞᚱᚫᛋᛁᛚ
Erm...
My cat does... but I suppose that doesn't make for a good reference...
- a local vet says that they simply don't taste it, or don't taste it very strongly: if they're going after something sweet it's probably because it has fat in it as well (i.e. melted ice cream). i guess if they don't have enzymes to break sugars down they don't need the taste receptors either. — Clarknova 18:53, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Chemical name
Do you want to stick the other chemical name on?
[beta]-D-Fructofuranosyl [alpha]-D-glucopyranoside
Source: http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/2carb/app.html
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