A type of sugar found in many fruits and vegetables and in honey Fructose is used to sweeten some diet foods It is considered a nutritive sweetener because it has calories See also: Glucose, Sugar
Often used as a sugar substitute for diabetics, because of its low glycemic index A healthier option than normal sugar, as fructose comes from fruit
A simple sugar (monosaccharide), readily fermentable by brewers yeast Sucrose (table sugar) consists of a fructose molecule linked to a glucose molecule
a sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and honey Fructose has 4 calories per gram
Fructose is a sweet substance which occurs naturally in fruit and vegetables. It is sometimes used to make food sweeter. a type of natural sugar in fruit juices and honey (fructus; FRUIT). or levulose or fruit sugar Organic compound, one of the simple sugars (monosaccharides), chemical formula C6H12O6. It occurs in fruits, honey, syrups (especially corn syrup), and certain vegetables, usually along with its isomer glucose. Fructose and glucose are the components of the disaccharide sucrose (table sugar); hydrolysis of sucrose yields invert sugar, a 50: 50 mixture of fructose and glucose. The sweetest of the common sugars, fructose is used in foods and medicines
A highly fermentable monosaccharide that occurs naturally in malt and honey but mostly fruit
Fructose is a fruit sugar and like glucose a monosaccharide It is found in fruits, honey, and corn Fructose has a lower glycemic value than glucose
A natural byproduct of fruits and honey More water-soluble than glucose and sweeter than sucrose with half the calories Can be used by diabetics
(chem) A FERMENTABLE sugar (C6H12O6) commonly found in fruit Fructose can be used as a FEEDSTOCK in ETHANOL production F - fructose S - fructosa
fructose
Hyphenation
fruc·tose
Turkish pronunciation
frʌktōs
Pronunciation
/ˈfrəkˌtōs/ /ˈfrʌkˌtoʊs/
Etymology
[ 'fr&k-"tOs, 'frük-, ' ] (noun.) circa 1864. From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).