title: Free sugars and sorbitol in fruits--a complication from the literature.
abstract: The glucose, fructose, sucrose, and sorbitol content of apple, pear, plum, cherry, grape, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, and peak fruit was compiled from the literature; their range, mean, standard deviation, and percent coefficient of variance were calculated. The individual fruits have characteristic patterns relating to their sorbitol content, glucose: fructose ratio, and sucrose content which are influenced to only a small degree by variety, season, or geographic origin. Processing in many cases has a marked effect on sucrose content.
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000032:analysis*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D013012:Sorbitol