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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rightly sweet #96901 02/25/2003 1:47 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park fructose and dextrose are identical chemically (the same number of hydogens, carbons and oxygens atoms,) both are sugars. dextrose is called dextrose because it causes polorized light to bend to the right, (polorized light passed through fructose bends left) (dextrose was first isolated by processing corn starch (with sulfuric acid, as i recall) to create corn syrup (15 to 23% dextrose) since the first attempts, processing has improved, and now HDCS-- high dextrose corn syrup- can be as much as 90% dextrose. like fructose, dextrose seems sweeter than common sugar (sucrose). my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rightly sweet #96902 02/25/2003 2:38 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The sugars that cause gas are: raffinose, lactose, fructose, and sorbitol. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rightly sweet #96903 02/25/2003 11:10 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park is sorbitol a sugar? i thought it was a sweet alcohol (see the ol ending, not the ose ending) I know that not all sugars end in "ose', but most do. (glucose, sucrose, dextrose, and the previously mentioned raffinose, lactose and fructose "sugar free' candies are sometimes made with sorbitol, (and there are warning on them, that they can increase blood sugar levels, as well as cause 'intestional disstress' if eaten in quanities.) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rightly sweet #96904 02/26/2003 12:33 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... And sugar-free candies are also sometimes made with corn syrup--and that fact makes my blood boil! As if! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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