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fruit sugar

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fruit sugar
n.
See fructose.

fruit sugar
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) another name for fructose
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Noun1.fruit sugar - a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
ketohexose - a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group


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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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