Sucrose, common table sugar, chemical compound C12H22O11. Traditionally, humans found sucrose, along with other sweeteners such as fructose, through natural means. Keeping bees, tapping maple trees, extracting juice from sugarcane stalks. Sourcing sugar through these processes is incredibly labor-intensive and results in relatively low levels of sweetness. Before the advent of modern industrial sugar production, consistent access to sweet treats was accessible only to the noble and merchant classes. The peasantry, at most, nursed their sweet tooth during peach or strawberry season, or with lightly sweetened goodies using what scraps of honey, syrup, or table sugar a family could afford or produce. This sparing availability is why sugar plums, mere balls of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit, would dance in the dreams of children before Christmas feasts. While such treats are scoffed at by the corn syrup-addled youth of today,