During photosynthesis, the two main products that are produced are glucose (a type of sugar) and oxygen. The process primarily occurs in plants, algae, and some bacteria, where carbon dioxide and water are converted into glucose and oxygen using sunlight as the energy source. The overall chemical reaction can be summarized as:
\[ 6 \text{CO}_2 + 6 \text{H}_2\text{O} + \text{light energy} \rightarrow \text{C}6\text{H}{12}\text{O}_6 + 6 \text{O}_2 \]
This equation shows that six molecules of carbon dioxide and six molecules of water produce one molecule of glucose and six molecules of oxygen.