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fructose

[ fruhk-tohs, frook-, frook- ]

noun

  1. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.


fructose

/ -təʊz; ˈfrʌktəʊs; ˈfrʊk- /

noun

  1. a white crystalline water-soluble sugar occurring in honey and many fruits. Formula: C 6 H 12 O 6 Also calledlaevulosefruit sugar
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fructose

/ ´Ú°ùÅ­°ì′³ÙŲõ′ /

  1. A simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in honey, many fruits, and some vegetables. Fructose linked to glucose is the structure of table sugar, or sucrose . Fructose is an important source of energy for cellular processes. Chemical formula: C 6 H 12 O 6 .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fructose1

First recorded in 1860–65; fruct- + -ose 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fructose1

C19: from Latin ´Ú°ùÅ«³¦³Ù³Ü²õ fruit + -ose ²
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Vu also recommended using an invert sugar, which is a liquid mixture of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose.

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If you prefer organically grown, avoid high fructose corn syrup, GMO’s or eschew factory farmed meats and eggs, you can find substitutes and ingredients that meet your standards with relative ease.

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But added sugars like sucrolose and high fructose corn syrup are often composed of glucose and fructose chemically bound together and are primarily found in processed foods or commercially produced sugar cane.

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These sugar-laden confections are mostly made of high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat and additives.

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Added sugars can also be found on the ingredients list, often labeled as glucose, fructose, maltose or sucrose.

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