Sugar delivers one of the primary taste sensations, that of sweetness. Sugar is used in food and drink industries as sweetener. Sugar occur naturally in many foods that also supply other nutrients, including milk, fruits, vegetables, breads, cereals, and grains. Sugar is a basic element found in starchy food. Sugar is a sweet, water-soluble, crystalline or powdered carbohydrate, white when pure, consisting of sucrose, lactose, glucose and fructose having a characteristically sweet taste. Sugar is commercially extracted from either sugarcane or sugar beet and used in many foods, drinks, and medicines to improve their taste. Juices of sugarcane and sugar beet are rich in pure sucrose, although beet sugar is generally much less sweet than cane sugar. Sucrose, also called table sugar, is a white crystalline solid disaccharide of fructose and glucose. Humans most commonly use sucrose as their sugar of choice for altering the flavor and properties such as mouth feel, preservation, and texture of beverages and food. Sugar forms a major element in confectionery and in desserts. Sucrose, raw sugar, brown sugar, invert sugar, honey, Lactose, Turbinado Sugar etc are some of the examples of sugar. The uses for sugar are countless.