Table I.

Sucrose products used in this study and DLS and NTA results of (10% w/v) sucrose in solution. Numbers show mean values of triplicate measurements

	Supplier	Grade	Lot	DLS					NTA
				Z-Average (d. nm)	PDIc	Derived count rate	Peak 1 (nm)	Peak 2 (nm)	Concentration (108/mL)	D10 (nm)	D50 (nm)	D90 (nm)
Sucrose A	Sigma	ACSa	SLBD1571V	13.7	0.95	247	0.9	133	27.9	94	158	246
Sucrose B	Sigma	Ph.Eur.b	SZBC012V	4.3	0.35	160	0.9	134	7.1	82	131	238
Sucrose C	Merck	Ph.Eur.	K42570987144	1.3	0.12	147	1.0	1899	0.7	96	160	312
Sucrose D	Merck	Ph.Eur.	K38684287934	2.4	0.20	151	0.9	216	2.8	91	147	276
Sucrose E	Südzucker	Ph.Eur.	L115310600	15.4	0.24	161	0.9	188	3.0	95	161	267
Sucrose F	Caelo	Ph.Eur.	12241808	4.2	0.34	157	0.9	139	4.9	81	122	206
Sucrose G	VWR	Ph.Eur.	13C190006	10.0	0.58	182	1.1	202	27.9	94	153	237

^aPurity meets or exceeds the standards of the American Chemical Society ^bPurity meets or exceeds the requirements of the current European Pharmacopeia ^cPolydispersity index