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levulose

[′lev·yə‚lōs]
(biochemistry)
LevorotatoryD-fructose.
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Honey contains a good proportion sugars with: dextrose (31%), levulose (38%), and about 1.3% sucrose.
Likewise, synthetic fructose would have to have the chemical formula changed for it to be levulose, so it is not levulose.
These include corn sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, glucose syrup, high-fructose glucose syrup, honey, invert sugar, invert sugar syrup, isoglucose, levulose, maltose, molasses, sucrose and sucrose syrup.
Fructose, levulose or Present in edible fruits of many trees and
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