HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Fructose is a type of sugar known as a monosaccharide. Like other sugars, fructose provides four calories per gram. Fructose is also known as “fruit sugar” because it primarily occurs naturally in many fruits. It also occurs naturally in other plant foods such as honey, sugar beets, sugar cane and vegetables.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glucose is also known as grape sugar as it is naturally occurring in the fruits as well as other parts of the plants in the free form. Sucrose is known as cane sugar. Fructose and galactose are the forms of hexose sugars which are similar to glucose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sometimes called fruit sugar, fructose is found in fruit, some vegetables, honey, and other plants. Fructose and other sugars are carbohydrates, an important source of energy for the body.