How can you tell if a food or beverage has fructose in it Ho

Solution

1. Fructose is a natural sugar that present in many foods like vegetables, fruits and beverages.The presence of natural sugars are commonly found by Benedict\'s test.

2. Otherwise they found by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.

3. Fresh fruits and beverages contain fructose because sugar has been added for flavor and sweetness.

4. The fructose contains ester bond. The presence of ester bond i.e ketose will give colored product by selewanoff test. From this we can find out presence of fructose in foods and beverages.