Crystalline fructose is a processed sweetener derived from glucose that is almost entirely fructose. It is used as a sweetener in beverages and yogurts, where it substitutes for table sugar. Sweeter than the sugars it replaces, less sugar can be used to produce a desired level of sweetness resulting in a roughly 5-percent reduction in the amount of calories.
- Higher relative sweetness
- High hygroscopicity
- Greater effect on freezing point depression
- Starch functionality in food systems
- High solubility and difficult to crystallize from an aqueous solution