# Are there any foods in a supermarket that are almost pure fructose
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**Created:** [July 24, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200 "2012-07-24T03:01:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/1 "2012-07-24T03:01:23Z")
Since table sugar and high fructose corn syrup are a mix of glucose and fructose with fructose content being 50 or 55% respectively, are there any products at a supermarket that have their calories be 90-100% from fructose sugar?
I have heard agave syrup is pretty high, but I have heard fructose content is anywhere from 60 to 90%. So I have no idea what the real number is, or even if most places sell agave syrup.
It was my understanding most fruit is a mix of fructose and glucose, so no different than table sugar for fructose vs glucose.
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### Author:  [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/2 "2012-07-24T03:03:39Z")
Well, you can buy actual bulk fructose at places like Whole Foods and the like. I’m not sure if that really answers your question, though.
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/3 "2012-07-24T03:29:05Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Well, you can buy actual bulk fructose at places like Whole Foods and the like. I’m not sure if that really answers your question, though.
I ended up doing that, but didn’t know if a generic supermarket would carry something that would work in a pinch.
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### Author:  [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/4 "2012-07-24T03:35:59Z")
There are actually 3 types of high fructose corn syrup. The most common variety is a 50/50 mixture of fructose and glucose (similar to sucrose), but one version has 90% fructose and 10% glucose:
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### Author:  [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/5 "2012-07-24T03:45:31Z")
Why do you want to eat pure fructose? What are you attempting to do, give yourself Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?
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### Author:  [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-in-a-supermarket-that-are-almost-pure-fructose/629200/6 "2012-07-24T05:18:11Z")
Any disease with fatty in the title has to be worth looking into.