Assertion: fructose | /r/HasProperty | sweet
Facets:
value: as sucrose
type: OTHER
value: to
type: DEGREE
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: as regular table sugar
type: OTHER
value: on the sweetness scale
type: OTHER
value: as glucose
type: OTHER
value: the
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: An important difference is that fructose is up to twice as sweet as sucrose, and sweeter than HFCS.
text: Because fructose is about twice as sweet as glucose, an inexpensive syrup mixing the two was an appealing alternative to sucrose from sugarcane and beets.
text: The higher the fructose, the sweeter the syrup, so
text: Because fructose is the sweetest natural sugar – on the sweetness scale, glucose ranks at 74.3, sucrose at 100, and fructose at a whopping 173 – it is the go-to additive for baked goods, candy, syrup, or anything else that needs sweetening.
text: Fructose for humans is sweeter tasting than sucrose (cane sugar) or glucose (dextrose or grape sugar), as well as most other sugars commonly in use.
text: Because fructose is up to twice as sweet as regular table sugar, you can theoretically use less and therefore take in fewer calories.
text: Other monosaccharides include fructose, or fruit sugar, and galactose, which is less soluble and sweet than glucose and usually appears in combination with other simple sugars rather than by itself.
text: Fructose is the type of sugar present in fruit and is very sweet.
text: If sucrose is taken as a standard of 1, the sweetness of glucose is 0.5–0.6, that of lactose is 0.27, and that of maltose is 0.6; fructose, found in fruits and honey, is the sweetest, being 1.1 to 2.0 times as sweet as sucrose.