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Originally Posted by pgardn
Fructose is sweeter to the palate so one can actually use less of it than sucrose (table or cane sugar). Its why honey is so sweet, the majority of which is fructose.
I like fructose, but not dumped in the quantities they do in soft drinks. And I like fructose from bees, not corn. But alas, fructose from bees is more expensive than fructose from corn.
I can elaborate on the sweet carbohydrates if anyone insists... ok maybe not.
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Except that, in the case of high fructose corn syrup, the process used to make it changes it so that the body doesn't actually recognize it as food- it's why it's so easy to toss back a 20 oz Coca cola, while a 12-ounce soda made with sugar actually makes you feel more full.
There are some who say America's obesity epidemic can be traced to Nixon's change of the subsidies to the agricultural industry in the 1970's- since farmers got their subsidies without the gov't taking their crop in exchange, they put so much corn on the market that it started being used in everything.
As far as I know, fructose from bees is recognizable as food to the body. And you're right; it's delicious.
I also like chewing on an actual piece of sugar cane. Yum.