Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very sweet sugar, C6H12O6, occurring in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., sugar of fruit, or levulose (C6H12O6).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.), rare Fruit sugar; levulose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
monosaccharide ketose sugar , formula C6H12O6.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Corn syrup enriched with fructose is then mixed with corn syrup high in glucose to produce the desired ratio of one to the other; some "high" fructose corn syrup preparations are higher in fructose than others.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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It is high in fructose and very slow to crystallize.
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It is high in fructose and very slow to crystallize.
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Corn syrup enriched with fructose is then mixed with corn syrup high in glucose to produce the desired ratio of one to the other; some "high" fructose corn syrup preparations are higher in fructose than others.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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Corn syrup enriched with fructose is then mixed with corn syrup high in glucose to produce the desired ratio of one to the other; some "high" fructose corn syrup preparations are higher in fructose than others.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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Corn syrup enriched with fructose is then mixed with corn syrup high in glucose to produce the desired ratio of one to the other; some "high" fructose corn syrup preparations are higher in fructose than others.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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But the replacement of sucrose with fructose (or, more accurately, HFCS) doesn't necessarily lead to a dietary increase in fructose, so I think that you may be barking up the wrong tree.
Balkinization 2007
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And fructose is sweeter than glucose or sucrose, so that less carbohydrate is needed for the same effect on the palate.
Balkinization 2007
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High fructose is not at all the same thing as all fructose.
I'm Back - And Not a Moment Too Soon Steve Carper 2007
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Levelheaded nutritionists like Nestle and Walter Willett, the author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, agree that more important than the rise of fructose is the invasion of cheap sugars into the American diet.
Sweet Tea 2006
bilby commented on the word fructose
Gah, fart tag overload.
September 19, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word fructose
Brackets!!
*giggle*
How often do you see those three words strung together? Honestly, now?
September 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word fructose
Someone doesn't like fructose....
September 19, 2009