Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Syl, a quick refresher please?

You have asked a very interesting question. In theory adding glucose to fruits with excess fructose should work. I have done a little experimenting with jam and jellies. It seems to work, however, I have been experimenting mostly with berries that only have a small excess of fructose.

You can buy pure glucose at a HFS. Generally it is sold under the name of dextrose or corn sugar.

I think you will have to experiment. For example, you might make a small amount of applesauce and add glucose to try and offset the fructose. Here is a link to a table giving rough amounts of each sugar in a number of fruits. The USDA food database also has information on the amount of various sugars in fruits. Needless to say the variety of each fruit, the soil and growning conditions will contribute to the sugar ratios. Also, you will have to take in consideration the amount of IF contained in the fruit. Some fruits can be quite high in IF which can be a problem, at least for me. Anyway - give it a try and tell us how it goes.

Good luck

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