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Sucrose is glucose and fructose, stuck together by a single bond (hence the 50% fructose). The first thing your digestive system does is break that bond. http:
by jared314 13y ago
Sucrose is glucose and fructose, stuck together by a single bond (hence the 50% fructose). The first thing your digestive system does is break that bond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose
- Nursie 13y agoIt's a distinct molecule. It's also far from the first thing that happens during the digestive process, as it takes place in the duodenum. If you ate a 1:1 mixture of glucose/fructose they would be present higher up the digestive system. Fructose also absorbs faster in the 1:1 proportion than in other proportions. I'm not saying Sucrose Good/HFCS Bad (could be the other ay around for all I know), just that there are differences.
- jared314 13y agoAh, so that is what you meant. Your original comment sounded like you were saying sucrose did not chemically consist of 50% fructose.