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Lactose, or milk sugar, is a disaccharide sugar composed of galactose and glucose subunits and has the molecular formula C 12 H 22 O 11 . Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk (by mass). The name comes from (gen. ), the Latin word for milk, plus the suffix -ose used to name sugars. The compound is a white, water-soluble, non-hygroscopic solid with a mildly sweet taste. It is used in the food indust... Wikipedia