fruit sugar

2.7

A natural sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

noun

Specialized

: azúcar de fruta

Honey is rich in fruit sugar, giving it a naturally sweet taste.

And we usually think of glucose as the sugar that glycates and that it is true that it does, but actually fructose, which some people call fruit sugar.

Examples

Many energy bars use fruit sugar as a natural sweetener.
People with certain conditions may need to monitor their intake of fruit sugar.
Many people prefer fruit sugar over refined sugars.
What is fruit sugar made from?
Honey is rich in fruit sugar, giving it a naturally sweet taste.
Many energy bars use fruit sugar as a natural sweetener.
People with certain conditions may need to monitor their intake of fruit sugar.

Synonyms

fructose

vsfruit sugar

Specialized

49 4.1

A simple sugar in honey and ripe fruit that people use to make food sweet

is the naturally occurring sugar in ripe fruit and honey rather than its commercial use

simple sugar

vsfruit sugar

Specialized

1 3.7

A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose

is the specific naturally occurring sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

levulose

vsfruit sugar

Archaic

8.6

A simple sugar found in honey and ripe fruit called fructose

is the common descriptive name for that same sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

monosaccharose

vsfruit sugar

Specialized

9.9

A single sugar that cannot be broken into smaller sugars

is a particular example of that basic carbohydrate found in fruit and honey

Surface Forms

fruit sugar singular

fruit sugars plural

Morphology

fruit + sugar

The meaning 'a sugar found in fruit (fructose)' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'fruit' and 'sugar' — it labels sugar that comes from fruit. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Fruit sugar comes from the simple image of the words fruit and sugar: think of the sweet juice inside a ripe apple or a spoon of honey. So, it means 'the natural sugar found in ripe fruits and honey'.