Fructose

What is fructose?

Fructose is a simple sugar that occurs naturally in foods such as fruits and vegetables, giving fruit its sweet flavor. Fine crystalline fructose is 1.2 times sweeter than sugar, allowing for a reduction in the amount of sugar needed to sweeten foods. It offers unique benefits including improved product texture, taste and stability, improved mouthfeel of beverages and foods, and helps raise the height of baked goods. Fructose is widely used in low calorie products, flavored water and milk, yogurt, baked goods, confectionery, fruit juices and many more. It has a low glycemic index and is widely used as a food ingredient in the food industry. The glycemic load per gram of fructose is 19, table sugar is 65 per gram. Suitable for vegans and vegetarians, non-GMO, gluten-free, non-irradiated, kosher friendly, halal friendly.