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Auragaea
12-11-2006, 09:48 PM
I just tasted Fructose today, and it tastes really sweet! Why don't we use that instead of sucrose?
aquatius
12-11-2006, 09:50 PM
Well, do so if you want, but Fructose gets icky after a while.
fire_of_avalon
12-11-2006, 09:56 PM
We do. It's in most sugary drinks and snacks.
aquatius
12-11-2006, 09:57 PM
American food and drink makers stuff high Fructose corn syrup into every product they make, in the UK we don't use it at all.
Auragaea
12-11-2006, 10:00 PM
Sorry. I meant to ask why is sucrose commonly used as table sugar, when fructose, and even dextrose, taste sweeter than it.
Tavrobel
12-11-2006, 10:00 PM
Fructose is awesome, and therefore, finds its manufactured way into American snacks by the boatload. It also appears naturally, but unless it's in fruit, it leaves a bit of a nasty aftertaste, like most sugars.
Sucrose is easier to maintain, and doesn't screw you up quite as bad (thanks, Chemistry).
rubah
12-11-2006, 11:04 PM
We use stuff sweeter than sucrose. It's called Sweet'n'Low, Splenda, Equal, etc etc etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sweetener
The Rapping Raptor
12-11-2006, 11:33 PM
:eek: Splenda rocks harder than my aunt Bessy!! :hat:
I say glucose all the way
:kaoyatta:
VengefulRonin
12-12-2006, 12:57 AM
Splenda > fructose
And i was allergic to fructose as a child too...it hated me
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