Assertion: fructose | /r/HasAspect | high sweetening power
Facets:
value: in relation to its weight
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Fructose, also called levulose, is a ketose possessing the molecular formula C 6 H 12 O 6 and is a major constituent of many fruits, having a high sweetening power in relation to its weight; according to some data collected from the literature, fructose exhibits a sweetness approximately equal to two times that of sucrose and two and a half times that of glucose when used on an equivalent weight basis (U.S. Pat.
text: In the USA almost exclusively corn (more precisely: corn syrup) is used as glucose source for the production of isoglucose, which is a mixture of glucose and fructose, since fructose has a higher sweetening power — with same physiological calorific value of 374 kilocalories per 100 g.