fructose
Fructose is a naturally occurring simple sugar found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables, and also used as an added sweetener in foods and beverages. The body metabolizes...
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sugar
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galactose
Galactose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) naturally found in dairy products as part of lactose and in smaller amounts in fruits and vegetables. The body metabolizes...
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Glucose is a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that serves as the primary energy source for the body’s cells and the brain. Unlike vitamins and minerals, there is no formal dietary...
View nutrient details →maltose
Maltose is a sugar (disaccharide) consisting of two glucose units formed from starch breakdown in digestion, food processing, and sprouted grains. It provides rapid energy but,...
View nutrient details →raffinose
Raffinose is a naturally occurring trisaccharide carbohydrate found primarily in legumes, certain vegetables (e.g., cruciferous vegetables), and whole grains. It is not...
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Stachyose is a non‑digestible tetrasaccharide oligosaccharide in the raffinose family, predominant in legumes and some vegetables. It resists digestion in the small intestine...
View nutrient details →sucrose
Sucrose is a ubiquitous dietary disaccharide sugar composed of glucose and fructose, widely present in plants and refined as table sugar. The body uses sucrose as a rapid...
View nutrient details →verbascose
Verbascose is a pentasaccharide carbohydrate belonging to the raffinose family of oligosaccharides (RFOs) that is indigestible by human enzymes and fermented in the large...
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