NUTRITION
CARBOHYDRATES
Question
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What monosaccharide is found in fruit and honey?
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fructose
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sucrose
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glucose
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lactose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fructose is a 6-carbon ketose found in fruit and honey as a monosaccharide, and in sucrose (a disaccharide of fructose and glucose).
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fructose: A simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in honey, many fruits, and some vegetables. Fructose linked to glucose is the structure of table sugar, or sucrose.
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