☆ THE IMPORTANT SUGARS ☆ GLUCOSE is by far the most plentiful of the simple sugars. Pretty much every food (except meat) contains significant qualities of glucose. Even meat (protein) is eventually converted to glucose by our digestive system. Glucose is our primary fuel -no glucose means no us. GALACTOSE is present in our environment in only very small quantities and is found mainly in dairy products in the form of lactose (where it is joined to a glucose molecule). FRUCTOSE is also relatively rare in nature. It is found primarily in ripe fruits, which is why it is sometimes called fruit sugar. It is usually found together with glucose and it is what makes food taste sweet. As well as fruit, it is naturally present in honey (40%) and maple syrup (35%). SUCROSE (sugar) is what we think of when someone says table sugar. It is composed of one half glucose and one half fructose. Brown sugar, caster sugar, raw sugar and low GI sugar are all sucrose. .
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:03:38 +0000
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