Is the sugar we get from fruits the same as the sugar we add to food? - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

bull69 · 12-08-2002, 01:47 PM

If not can someone tell me the difference and are there any fruits out there without any sugar?
thanks

arkie6 · 12-08-2002, 09:12 PM

The sugar found in fruit is a monosaccharid known as fructose. Sucrose, or more commonly known as table sugar, is a disaccharide consisting of one molecule of fructose and one molecule of glucose. So, while they are different, they do share some similiarities.

Many things including soft drinks are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup today since fructose is sweeter tasting than sucrose and corn syrup is cheaper to manufacture than sucrose from sugar cane or beets. Both sucrose and fructose aren't healthy in the quantities that most people consume them today.

Fruits that are lower in sugar are things like strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, melons, and avacados.

Alan

zip2play · 12-20-2002, 06:25 AM

bull,

What Arkie said plus the fact that lots of fruit have sugar available as glucose as well. In fact glucose is also know as "grape sugar."

Sucrose is a double sugar made from a molecule each of glucose+fructose.

gymrat7676 · 12-25-2002, 04:39 PM

so does it affect the body in the same way?

rhody · 12-25-2002, 06:56 PM

It's been years since I have read up about natural fruit sugars, but what I recall is that natural fruit sugars are assimiliated much easier by the body. I remember these natural sugars being healthier for consumption. That's why I use fruits to sweeten up my cereals rather than man-made sugars or honey.

Maybe one of the others could respond to this more in detail.... I'm sure that this could be found on the internet.