Fructose is a polyhydroxy ketone monosaccharide and it is the sweetest of all naturally occurring carbohydrates. The 6-membered ring form of fructose gives the sweeter taste to the fructose.
Fructose is called fruit sugar which is the sweetest among natural sugars.
Fructose is more abundantly present in honey and sweet fruits and also in vegetables, molasses, agave, dried fruits, and fruit juices, also known as fruit sugar.
Fructose is white, odorless, crystalline solid, and most water-soluble sugars.
A common name for dextrose monohydrate (glucose) is "Corn Sugar", a monosaccharide, derived from corn.
Glucose and fructose contain six carbon atoms with the chemical formula C6H12O6.
Sucrose is called "Cane sugar" or "table-sugar" which is obtained from sugarcane and beetroot and on hydrolysis splits into glucose and fructose.