Fructose

Fructose is a simple sugar that is found in fruit and vegetables.It is one of three monosaccharides found in nature, the other two being Glucose and Galactose. It is about 1.7 times as sweet as ordinary sugar (sucrose). It can be used in almost any situation to replace ordinary sugar. It is sweeter so less is needed, it is heat stable and has a long shelf life. It even browns when heated like ordinary sugar