fructose
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈfrʌktoʊs/
- Specialized
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fructosa
- Glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, dextrose, and starch are all forms of sugar.
- fructose corn syrup
- high-fructose
- fructose is a sugar
This is why the fructose in fruit and honey is a hidden danger.
- This is why the fructose in fruit and honey is a hidden danger.
- Your muscles and other tissues lack the enzyme to turn fructose into muscle glycogen.
- So the net effect of fructose is to inhibit mitochondrial function.
- I've no problem with either lactose or fructose or gluten.
- But fructose is unique in that the enzyme doesn't have that off switch.
- Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose.
- And so the net consequence of that is that fructose increases ghrelin.
- Sucrose is in bags, high fructose corn syrup is in barrels.
- No smoking, no high fructose corn syrup, no sugar.
- It's, it's fat, it's sugar, it's salt, it's high fructose corn syrup, it's all that stuff.
Examples
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Many fruits, such as apples and pears, are naturally rich in fructose and provide a sweet flavor.
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The fructose in in orange juice is the exact same fructose as the fructose in Coke.
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Honey has more fructose than high fructose corn syrup.
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They've got glucose and fructose inside them.
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Table grapes are about 15% sugar, with the sugars being 53% fructose and 47% glucose.
Blog text (5) -
By weight, fructose is two times sweeter than sucrose and nearly three times sweeter than glucose.
Academic text (2003) -
The recipe called for adding fructose to enhance the sweetness of the dish without using regular sugar.
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Nutritionists often highlight the high fructose content in honey as a natural alternative to artificial sweeteners.
Synonyms
A simple sugar found in honey and ripe fruit called fructose
A natural sugar found in ripe fruit and honey
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Surface Forms
Morphology
fructose = fruct + ose
The combining form 'fruct-' and the chemical suffix '-ose' are specialized forms not recognizable to an average B1 learner, so the meaning 'a simple sugar' cannot be derived from the parts.
Etymology
Fructose comes from the Latin root fruct- meaning 'fruit' and the ending -ose used for sugars. So fructose literally means 'sugar of fruit', which is why it is the simple sugar found in honey and ripe fruits.