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FRUCTOSE
Fructose is a naturally-occurring simple reducing sugar, found in many foods, such as fruit, honey and vegetables. In the last 20 years it has been widely used to sweeten foods and beverages.
It is the most natural alternative to sucrose (table sugar) and synthetic sweeteners (e.g. aspartame). It gives a sweet, delicate and pleasant taste to foods and beverages.
Fructose contains 4 Kcal/g. Its sweetness ranges from 1.17 to 1.75 times that of sucrose, depending upon the food or beverage in which it is used.
Fructose is a "good" choice:
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Fructose is a naturally-occurring simple reducing sugar, found in many foods, such as fruit, honey and vegetables. In the last 20 years it has been widely used to sweeten foods and beverages.
It is the most natural alternative to sucrose (table sugar) and synthetic sweeteners (e.g. aspartame). It gives a sweet, delicate and pleasant taste to foods and beverages.
Fructose contains 4 Kcal/g. Its sweetness ranges from 1.17 to 1.75 times that of sucrose, depending upon the food or beverage in which it is used.
Fructose is a "good" choice:
- it is completely natural
- it has the same caloric value as sucrose (sugar), 4kcal/g. However, it has up to 1.8 times the sweetness of sucrose. Therefore much less of the ingredient is required to achieve a sweet taste. And thus fewer calories are consumed, providing a benefit to weight conscious individuals.
- its satiating effect is largely proven. It has been demonstrated that consumption of fructose prior to eating is particularly effective at preventing hunger pangs and promotes a reduction in calorie consumption during the meal itself. Eating snacks and drinks containing fructose could help the weight conscious and the clinically obese adhere to calorie-controlled diets.
- it enhances natural taste of foods
- it is among the least cariogenic of the nutritive sugars, due to its reduced adherence to dental enamel. It is therefore ideal in children nutrition.
- Fructose has a low glycemic index and results in moderate release of insulin to the bloodstream relative to glucose and sucrose. Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal, in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index or GI describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI foods - the ones that produce only small fluctuations in our blood glucose and insulin levels - is the secret to long-term health reducing your risk of heart disease and diabetes and is the key to sustainable weight loss. Generally speaking, foods containing simple sugars (e.g honey, jams, carbonated beverages) have a higher glycemic index, while foods rich in complex sugars and fibres (e.g. fruit, legumes, etc) record a low GI. However this general rule does not apply to fructose, the GI of which is really very low (20). That is why it is so precious for our health.
- Providing medium- and long-term energy, it fits the needs of people practising sport
- It can be used to cook foods as it tends not to change colour or break down at high temperatures.
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