Fructose content in popular beverages made with and without high-fructose corn syrup

Abstract

Our results provide evidence of higher than expected amounts of free fructose in some beverages. Popular beverages made with HFCS have a fructose-to-glucose ratio of approximately 60:40, and thus contain 50% more fructose than glucose. Some pure fruit juices have twice as much fructose as glucose. These findings suggest that beverages made with HFCS and some juices have a sugar profile very different than sucrose, in which amounts of fructose and glucose are equivalent. Current dietary analyses may underestimate actual fructose consumption.

Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations for Replacement Sugars in Insulin Resistance, Obesity, LDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Glycobiological Study

“…Ketonic monosaccharide and disaccharide sucrose have long been added to Fructose, Glucose and Galactose to improve their biochemical, glycobiological and biological properties [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Ketonic monosaccharide and disaccharide have begun to replace larger sugars in insulin resistance, obesity, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease because they can impart different properties such as biochemical, glycobiological and biological properties, at the same time, provide property enhancements at lower loadings sugars form a variety of ordered structures on nanometer length scales, allowing them to severe as a ordered matrix for Fructose, Glucose and Galactose which add functionality to the sugars [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

Assessment of Obesity, Presumed and Proven Causes and Prevention Strategies: A Review

“…Food portion sizes; increased food consumption [47][48][49] High intake of total fat, saturated fat and trans fat [50,51] Fast food/Fried foods, [52][53][54][55] Junk food [56][57] -Soft drinks (sodas and sweetened beverages); -high caloric drinks,( sweetened & caffeinated beverages, juices, sugary drinks, juice blends); -Energy drinks [57][58][59][60][61] Alcoholic drinks [62] Overeating, binge eating, mindless eating and excessive snacking [56,62,63] Consumption of High fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners [55,59,[62][63][64] Insufficient dietary calcium intake or low dairy intake [67] Low intake of fiber , and Low intake of fruits and vegetables in foods [68,69] Not breastfeeding or short breastfeeding duration ; formula feeding instead of breastfeeding [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] Intestinal microbes [79][80][81][82][83] Antibiotics in human foods [84][85]…”

“…Since these drinks have low satiety values, consumers eat solid foods, in addition to the drinks, which results in overall high caloric intake. Consumption of soft drinks [58] or, high caloric drinks, sugar flavored tea, creamy coffee, sugar sweetened beverages, energy drinks, juices and blends, have been reported to play a role in obesity [59][60][61]. Similarly excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks has been implicated as possible causes of obesity [62].…”

“…Consumers who over eat specialty foods high in free sugar and fat, tend to store more calories that lead to overweight [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]. Children and adolescents who consume a lot of snack foods (chips, baked goods, cookies, candies, beverages) in addition to traditional family foods are at high risk of childhood obesity [54,57,64].…”

“…Artificial Sweeteners: Consumption of HFCS in sweetened foods and beverages has been implicated in the obesity epidemic [55,59,60]. Similarly artificial sweeteners have been implicated indirectly to increase obesity by increasing food cravings [60,61,65,66].…”