Fructose

/ˈfrʌktoʊs/ noun

A simple sugar found naturally in fruits and honey, sweeter than regular sugar and often used in processed foods.

From Latin 'fructus' (fruit) with the chemistry suffix '-ose' (indicating a sugar). Named in the 1800s when chemists identified and isolated this specific sugar from fruit.

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