Sucrose vs. Fructose

Sucrosenoun

(carbohydrate) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

Sucrosenoun

A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. At one time the term was used by extension, for any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type; however this usage is now archaic.

Sucrosenoun

a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

Sucrose

Sucrose is made up of one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose joined together. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides: glucose and fructose.

Fructosenoun

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Fructosenoun

Fruit sugar; levulose.

Fructosenoun

a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Fructosenoun

a sugar of the hexose class found especially in honey and fruit.

Fructose

Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into blood during digestion.