What is the difference between sucrose and fructose?

Saturday, December 11, 2010

What is the difference between sucrose and fructose?

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Ali said...

SUCROSE

Sucrose is white table sugar, made up of glucose and fructose. This "regular" sugar comes in fine, superfine, coarse, powdered, fruit, confectioners and baker's sugar; it's broadly known as granulated sugar. The baker's, fine and ultrafine sugar are used in baking. The fruit sugar is used in gelatin and dry mixes. The confectioners and powdered sugar is ground into a smooth powder for use in frosting and whipping cream.

FRUCTOSE

Fructose is a sugar found in fruit, honey and fruit juice. Together with glucose, it makes up sucrose. You can buy it in a similar form as sucrose at a supermarket for cooking and baking. Fructose is much sweeter than sucrose, so you can use less to achieve the same amount of sweetness with fewer calories. Fructose does not cause a significant change in blood sugar levels, as sucrose does.

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