Sucrose, HFCS, and fructose: History, manufacture, composition, applications, and production

Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 13-33

  White, John S ^a  

^a White Technical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric sweetener; Fructose; Glucose; HFCS; HFS; High fructose corn syrup; High fructose syrup; Isoglucose; Nutritive sweetener; Sucrose; Sugar; Sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027590574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8077-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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