D-Fructose
Also known as “fruit sugar.” A monosaccharide found naturally in many foods and one half of the disaccharide, sucrose (table sugar). Fructose is used as a food additive/sweetener as it’s sweeter than sucrose, and cheaper to produce. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the most common, and controversial form of fructose added to processed foods. Excess HFCS consumption has been linked to the obesity epidemic, although whether HFCS is more obesigenic than other caloric sweeteners is still being debated.
