Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "fructose" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "fructose" over time.
Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a common monosaccharide, i.e. a simple sugar. It is classified as a reducing hexose, more specifically a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. A white, water-soluble solid, it is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose. Fructose is found in honey, tree and vine fruits, flowers, berries, and most root vegetables. Read more on Wikipedia