It is the name of natural sugar, found in almost all fruits and honey. In equal proportions it is as sweet as glucose and sucrose. Carbohydrates of vegetable origin. It is used as a sweetener. Fruit sugar. It is also called levuose. Monosaccharide.
Carbohydrates of vegetable origin, although it is also found in honey. The name was proposed by astronomer and biochemist William Allen Miller in 1857 for "fruit sugar". See fruit , -osa .