Fructose

GI(Glucose = 100)

15^*15^*

Energy(kcal/100g)

368 kcal368 kcal

Carbs(g/100g)

100 g100 g

Sugars(g/100g)

92.7 g92.7 g

Functional benefits

No cited minerals or other functional notes on file yet.

Cited minerals can add up to +2 on Everyday Health — see Methods.

Risks & side effects

• High fructose load

  caution

  Hepatic / free-sugars framing (WHO). Low GI is not a hepatic free pass. Composition and use-level matter. Not a treatment claim.

  WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)

• Faster AGE formation (in vitro)

  caution

  Fructose often ~7.5–10× more reactive than glucose in non-enzymatic glycation assays of model proteins — not “10× AGEs in blood.” Plasma fructose is normally far lower than glucose; in-vivo vascular AGE evidence is incomplete (Schalkwijk). Display risk; Everyday −0.30 already covers high-fructose rows — no extra penalty.

  Aragno & Mastrocola — Dietary sugars and endogenous AGE formation (Nutrients) (2017)

Not medical advice. Published recipe penalties (if any) are on Methods — not a clinical severity scale.

Notes

• Low GI measures blood-glucose rise after a load — not liver fructose handling or glycation chemistry. Pure fructose and high-fructose syrups can still sit under free-sugars / hepatic-load framing, and in-vitro fructation runs faster than glucation, even when the GI cell looks green.

  Editorial table note. Not a diagnosis or treatment claim. Everyday recipe applies a published high-fructose penalty (−0.30).

  WHO — Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children (2015)

Notes explain what the open axis or risk labels alone can miss — not medical advice.