The sweetest sugar among the following is
- Afructose
- Bglucose
- Cmaltose
- Dsucrose
- ENone of the above / More than one of the above
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Correct answer: (a) fructose
Explanation
Fructose (fruit sugar) is the sweetest of all naturally occurring sugars, exceeding glucose, sucrose and maltose.
It is a monosaccharide ketose with formula C6H12O6, found abundantly in fruits and honey.
Sweetness order: fructose > sucrose > glucose > maltose > lactose.