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fructoseSugar that occurs naturally in honey, the nectar of flowers, and many sweet fruits; it is commercially prepared from glucose. Fructose is a monosaccharide, whereas the more familiar cane or beet sugar is a disaccharide, made up of two monosaccharide units: fructose and glucose. It is sweeter than cane sugar and can be used to sweeten foods for people with diabetes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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According to Martin Pamensky of Ceres Juice, a California-based all-natural juice company, "A one-half to three-quarter cup of pure fruit juice is equivalent to a single fruit and it's rich in natural fruit sugars, fructose and glucose, and above all caffeine-flee. The numbers in the "Sugar" column include milk and fruit sugars as well as added sugar. Fructose is fruit sugar in its natural form (yet another example of the tendency of natural, whole foods to promote a more balanced appetite, since they typically take longer to convert to glucose). |
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