Editing Fructose (section)

=== Carbohydrate content of commercial sweeteners (percent on dry basis) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
! Sugar
! Fructose
! [[Glucose]]
! [[Sucrose]]<br />(Fructose+Glucose)
! Other<br />sugars
|-
| Granulated sugar
| 0
| 0
| 100

| 0
|-
| Caramel
| 1
| 1
| 97
| 1
|-
| HFCS-42
| 42
| 53
| 0
| 5
|-
| HFCS-55
| 55
| 41
| 0
| 4
|-
| HFCS-90
| 90
| 5
| 0
| 5
|-
| Honey
| 50
| 44
| 1
| 5
|-
| Maple syrup
| 1
| 4
| 95
| 0
|-
| Molasses
| 23
| 21
| 53
| 3
|-
| Tapioca Syrup
| 55
| 45
| 0
| 0
|-
| Corn syrup
| 0
| 98
| 0
| 2
|}
<ref name=Kretchmer /> for HFCS, and USDA for fruits and vegetables and the other refined sugars.<ref name="www.nal.usda.gov" />

Cane and beet sugars have been used as the major sweetener in food manufacturing for centuries. However, with the development of HFCS, a significant shift occurred in the type of sweetener consumption in certain countries, particularly the United States.<ref name=white>{{cite journal|pmid=19064536|year=2008|last1=White|first1=J. S|title=Straight talk about high-fructose corn syrup: What it is and what it ain't|journal=American Journal of Clinical Nutrition|volume=88|issue=6|pages=1716S–1721S|doi=10.3945/ajcn.2008.25825B|doi-access=free}}</ref> Contrary to the popular belief, however, with the increase of HFCS consumption, the total fructose intake relative to the total glucose intake has not dramatically changed. Granulated sugar is 99.9%-pure sucrose, which means that it has equal ratio of fructose to glucose. The most commonly used forms of HFCS, HFCS-42, and HFCS-55, have a roughly equal ratio of fructose to glucose, with minor differences. HFCS has simply replaced sucrose as a sweetener. Therefore, despite the changes in the sweetener consumption, the ratio of glucose to fructose intake has remained relatively constant.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Guthrie | first=FJ |author2=Morton FJ | title=Food sources of added sweeteners in the diets of Americans | year=2000 | journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association | volume=100 | issue=1 | pages=43–51 | doi=10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00018-3| pmid=10646004 }}</ref>

[[File:U.s.sugarconsumption.2.svg|thumb|center|400px|Adjusted consumption of refined sugar per capita in the US]]