[en] Preliminary results of investigation of some sugars (maltose, saccharose, commercial sugar) as sensor materials for a high dose dosimetry of ionizing radiation are presented. An advantage of using sugars consists in fact that ionizing radiation creates in them two kind of signals: colour centers (spectrophotometric read-out) and paramagnetic centers (read-out by EPR method). This allows to chose more convenient - in particular conditions a method of analysis and more exactly to estimate uncertainties connected with analytical procedures. The results indicate saccharose as better than others dosimetric material with a threshold at ∼ 100 Gy for the EPR method and ∼ 5 Gy for the optical one. The investigation reveals a high discrepancy of physicochemical parameters and generally a low quality of Polish grocery sugar. (author)