In addition, fruit is easy to obtain. We can have it fresh, canned, frozen, cooked, or as a juice. Fruit also has fructose, commonly called fruit sugar. That makes some people with diabetes wonder if this is a good choice for them. They have a valid concern, as far as it goes.
Fruit does have a lot of fructose.
But that's not the whole story. Fructose is a carbohydrate. Carbohydrate is the same nutrient found in a great many foods including bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice. And scientists now know that all carbohydrates, whether found in potatoes or fruit, raise blood glucose levels. We now know that sugars are not necessarily digested more rapidly than starches, nor do they raise blood glucose levels higher than starches.