Inverted sugar syrup Inverted sugar syrup Invert(ed) sugar (syrup) is an edible mixture of two simple sugars—glucose and fructose—that is made by heating sucrose (table sugar) with water. Invert sugar is thought to be sweeter than table sugar, and foods that contain it retain moisture and crystallize less easily. Bakers, who call it "invert syrup", may use it more than other sweeteners. Though invert sugar syrup can be made by heating table sugar in water alone, the reaction can be sped up by adding lemon juice, cream of tartar or other catalysts often without changing the flavor noticeably. The mixture of the two
Proper noun term "common name" is not much used to contrast with "proper name", but some linguists have used the term for that purpose. Sometimes proper names are called simply "names"; but that term is often used more broadly. Words derived from proper names are sometimes called "proper adjectives" (or "proper adverbs", and so on), but not in mainstream linguistic theory. Not every noun or noun phrase that refers to a unique entity is a proper name. "Blackness" and "chastity" are common nouns, even if blackness and chastity are considered unique abstract entities. Few proper names have only one possible referent: there