Yes, the sugar content is about the same. It is the ratio of glucose to fructose that varies significantly between the grades.

Cathy

Anybody have any idea precisely what should I look for on the label to attempt to find the highest glucose - lowest fructose type of maple syrup?

According to the study I posted the link to, "Fancy" and "Grade A Dark" have the highest percentage of glucose compared to fructose. I don't know where you find "Fancy". I buy my maple syrup at Sam's Club and they carry Grade A Dark syrup. The grade can be found on the label of all 100% maple syrups.

Cathy

Thanks MUCH -- I will be very interested in checking this out -- I'm curious if in the past, when I did eat syrup, if that was the type I purchased -- the Dark Grade A fancy version. I do know that as a child I never liked pancakes at all, because of how they made me feel, and the name brand sugar syrups - I didn't like the taste.
As an adult, after tasting pure maple syrup, I started purchasing it, every once in a while...

Thanks for the link, Cathy! I suspected that there was a variation, but that maybe it wasn't well known. We used to get Grade B because it had a stronger flavor, but it looks like part of that flavor came from higher fructose. Oh well.

I always loved pancakes, but eating them always made me feel lousy.

Here's the data from the PDF. I left out some of the statistical information to make it more readable:
Grade %Fructose %Glucose %Sucrose %Total sugars %Total invert Glucose:Fructose
Fancy 0.1 0.7 65.9 66.8 0.9 5.6
A Medium 0.7 0.6 65.1 66.3 1.2 3.1
A Dark 0.3 0.7 66.2 67.2 1.0 5.3
B 0.5 0.4 67.1 67.9 0.9 2.9
Comm. 8 0.6 0.6 65.4 66 5 1.1 1.5

Curious that Grade A Medium has more fructose than either Fancy or Grade A Dark. It makes me wonder whether the result would be the same if the test were repeated. If I get maple syrup, I think I will look for Fancy grade.

Fresh Take on Fructose vs. Glucose
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http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=394811

Recipe Collection from the University of Iowa Virtual Hospital

Including one for Maple Syrup SUBSTITUTE


http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/...fi/recipes.html

Several weeks ago, I came across a recipe for a fructose-FREE sports drink, which I think was posted on a site for Hereditary Fructose Intolerance.

However, I could be mistaken about what kind of website it was on.

Anyway, I've been searching for hours now, and cannot locate the first recipe I found for an entirely fructose free sports drink.

Among the ingredients that I remember would be:

sugar free koolaid
dextrose
morton's lite salt



Anyway, during my searches I learned that although Gatorade uses High Fructose Corn Syrup in their ready made bottled sports drinks, that it is NOT an ingredient in the POWDERED GATORADE.

However, powdered gatorade still would have substantial fructose in it, because the frist listed ingredient is sugar:

Gatorade 03937 2.12 Oz. Orange Instant Powder Mix Makes 1 Quart


Ingredients: Sucrose, Dextrose, Citric Acid, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Natural Orange Flavor with Other Natural Flavors, Monopotassium Phosphate, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Yellow 6.


https://secure.indextools.com/itr.p...868267742&js=no

FROM THE KARO WEBSITE:



Karo® Light Corn Syrup

Ingredients: Light corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, salt, vanilla.


Karo® Dark Corn Syrup

Ingredients: Dark corn syrup, refiners syrup, caramel flavor, salt, sodium benzoate (used to protect quality), caramel color.


"....Dark corn syrup is made with refiners' syrup, a type of molasses."

http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cach...&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

But molasses is cane sugar (sucrose)

Patrick

Yep, and that sucrose is half glucose & half fructose, right?

So, although the dark corn syrup apparently does not contain HFCS, it is NOT fructose-free.

Right?

However..... would it not have LESS fructose than table sugar (sucrose)?

Right?

For people alive before the invention of HFCS, back before 1966, the LIGHT Karo Corn Syrup would have been fructose-free.

And I predict it may well be again, in the near future.




Anyway, the USDA website doens't break down the sugars in the dark corn syrup -- so I have NO idea how much molasses is in it...

Yep, I wish they would stop adding fructose to it. It's only to make it sweeter.

Patrick

Which Sugar Is Worse: Fructose Or Glucose?
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http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=395005

Beware the High Fructose Corn Syrup : Disease Proof

I hope you are right! It would be great if we could get light corn syrup with no fructose.

I can buy powdered dextrose at my health food store, which I use for sweetening cereal and such. You can also purchase it online.

Cathy