Why Glucose Is Reducing Sugar

Sucrose is a disaccharide made of glucose & fructose, so why then is sucrose not a reducing sugar?
Both glucose and fructose are reducing sugars, so why isn’t sucrose?
Because the functional groups that make them reducing sugars are tied up in the chemical bond that makes the disaccharide linkage between them.
Fehling’s Test for Reducing Sugars
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