From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfructosefruc‧tose /ˈfrʌktəʊs $ -oʊs/ noun [uncountable] DFNa type of natural sugar in fruit juices and honey
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fructose• It consists of glucose and fructose, combined through their aldehyde and ketone groups.• Add orange juice, ground nuts and fructose or honey to oat mixture.• On hydrolysis, sucrose will yield 1 molecule of glucose and I molecule of fructose.• Satisfy your sweet tooth with natural sugar - fructose - from fruit and berries.Origin fructose (1800-1900) Latin fructus; → FRUIT1 