How to Use fructose in a Sentence

fructose

noun
  • Use of high-fructose corn syrup and agave syrup also have declined.
    Laura Reiley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Fiber in whole wheat bread and fructose in honey help blunt blood sugar spikes.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
  • Tyson Foods and its many brands won't contain high-fructose corn syrup anymore.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Both types contain glucose and fructose.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Is cane sugar healthier than high-fructose corn syrup?
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Fructose in Fruits The sugar found in fruit is called fructose.
    Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
  • People with this condition should avoid all fructose.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Apples, pears, peaches, plums, honey, and fruit juices (high in fructose).
    Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 28 May 2026
  • Avoid fruits that are high in fructose, such as apples, pears and watermelon.
    Christine Nguyen, D.o. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • When sorbitol wasn’t cleared in the gut, it was instead converted into a form of fructose.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That includes many claiming that cane sugar is healthier than high-fructose corn syrup.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Corn syrup, corn solids, maltodextrin, dextrose, xylose, high-fructose corn syrup.
    Sarah Koch, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Sugary drinks with high-fructose corn syrup may cause blood sugar spikes, energy crashes, and weight gain.
    Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For example, table sugar is a unit of glucose bonded with a unit of fructose.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Natural sugars are present in nutritious foods like fruit and milk in the form of fructose and lactose.
    Lisa Drayer, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Tagatose is a monosaccharide, or simple sugar, just like fructose and glucose.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Roughly half of the calories in bananas come from equal amounts of glucose and fructose, and will be quickly absorbed.
    Tom Taylor, SI.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Most fruit is high in fructose, which in concentrated doses can upset the stomach.
    Wes Judd, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The main type of carbohydrate in fruit is a natural sugar called fructose.
    Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • They’re still made up of glucose and fructose and contribute to overall sugar intake.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But there’s no science to say that fructose is a worse monosaccharide for the body than any other, Tewksbury says.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 24 June 2019
  • High amounts of sugars, like glucose and fructose, can damage the gut’s protective lining.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Most contain more than one type of carb—for example, glucose, fructose, and maltodextrin.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Although honey contains both fructose and glucose, fructose is present in larger amounts.
    Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
  • Overly soft or ripe pears might also be higher in natural sugars, like fructose and glucose.
    Allison Forsyth, Health, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In fact, the metabolic effect of high-fructose corn syrup is essentially the same as honey.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Honey may be diluted with cheaper sweeteners, like high-fructose corn syrup.
    Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Some natural sweeteners, like stevia and monk fruit, do not contain fructose.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Honey is rich in fructose and glucose—natural sugars—as well as minerals and flavonoids.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The enzyme splits sucrose into fructose and glucose, researchers found, then adds the glucose to the growing plaque strings.
    Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010

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