BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -High-fructose corn syrup, which comes from corn, is roughly 55 percent fructose and 40 percent glucose, plus other minor sugars and other ingredients. Table sugar, called sucrose, is made from sugar cane or beets and is 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose.

Detailed explanation-2: -When corn starch is broken down into individual glucose molecules, the end product is corn syrup, which is essentially 100% glucose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monosaccharides can bond together to form disaccharides, the most common of which is sucrose, or “table sugar.” Sucrose is 50% fructose and 50% glucose.

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, while HFCS 90-the most concentrated form-contains 90% fructose, the most commonly used type, HFCS 55, consists of 55% fructose and 42% glucose. HFCS 55 is similar to sucrose (regular table sugar), which is 50% fructose and 50% glucose.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sucrose and HFCS contain nearly the same one-to-one ratio of fructose and glucose. Sucrose is 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose; HFCS is 42 to 55 percent fructose, with the remaining sugars from glucose and other sugars.