Is there a difference between high fructose corn syrup and fructose?
Just saw my meal replacement has fructose in it
22 grams of sugar
Does this mean it’s unhealthy and I’ve been replacing meals with bs
Just saw my meal replacement has fructose in it
22 grams of sugar
Does this mean it’s unhealthy and I’ve been replacing meals with bs
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Always aim for less than 10grams per 100gram serve...so yes 22 grams is a lot.
It is just another name for sugar, corn fructose is sugar as is dextrose, rice syrup and maltose...all are 100% sugar with additives added...
Kano
High fructose corn syrup is worse than fructose from fruit, because fruit contains fiber which slows the absorption.
Nearly all commercial food products contain HFCS sweeteners and sodium.
Julien
I'm not sure how this "fructose" has been produced, but maybe it's actually HFCS-90. Anyway, it has essentially the same properties than HFCS-90. And it's a bit different from the fructose you have in a fruit (because physico-chemistry is involved, not just chemistry)
Unfortunately many dieting and fitness beverages contain added sugars and artificial sweeteners, since the taste is the number one criterion for many buyers (and some of them are sugar-addicted).
But fructose is only a problem at high quantities (e.g if it's 22g per meal then it's a very large amount), if there's only a tiny bit of it then it's not catastrophic. Not good but not catastrophic.