What is the SI unit for sugar, and how is it measured?
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The term “sugar” is a general classification for a variety of sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, so it lacks a single, specific SI unit. Measurements depend on the context, such as a substance's mass, the amount of substance (moles), or the concentration of a dissolved sugar. In the clinical world, for instance, blood glucose concentration is measured using millimoles per liter (mmol/L) as the standard SI unit.
