natural sugars
Honey, fructose, glucose
Natural sugars are sugars occurring in whole foods rather than added during processing.
Fruits contain fructose, milk contains lactose—these are natural sugars.
The term appears frequently in nutrition discussions to distinguish between an apple's sweetness and a candy bar's, though the body metabolizes both similarly.
This yogurt has no added sugars, only natural sugars from the fruit.
- agave nectarSyrup from succulent leaves
- raw honeyUnheated hive sweetener
- sucroseGlucose-fructose disaccharide
- galactoseMonosaccharide from lactose breakdown
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
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natural sugarswhite sugar
Refined granulated sweetener
table sugar · corn syrup · refined sugar · high fructose corn syrup · high-fructose corn syrup
natural sugarssugar substitutes
Non-caloric flavor enhancers
sugar alcohols · erythritol · xylitol · polyols · sorbitol