What's in honey
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From MoleculeFinder's curated list for honey. Every molecule in honey.
Molecules in it 8
- FructoseC6H12O6
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Fruit sugar, the sweetest of the common sugars. Half of table sugar and most of high-fructose corn syrup is this molecule.
- GlucoseC6H12O6
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Blood sugar. The molecule nearly every cell in your body burns for energy, and the unit that starch, cellulose, and table sugar are built from.
As a pure substance: LD50 25,800 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- SucroseC12H22O11
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Table sugar: one glucose joined to one fructose. It is the reference point the whole sweetness scale is measured against, at exactly 1 times sweet.
As a pure substance: LD50 29,700 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- MaltoseC12H22O11
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Malt sugar, two glucoses joined. It is what starch becomes when it is broken down, which is the sweetness in malted barley and in beer wort.
- Gluconic acidC6H12O7
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What glucose becomes when it is gently oxidized. It occurs in honey and wine and is used as a mild acid and a mineral carrier in supplements.
As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Irritant from source
- MethylglyoxalC3H4O2
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A reactive by-product of sugar metabolism, and the compound that gives manuka honey its unusual antibacterial rating.
As a pure substance: LD50 1,165 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- HydroxymethylfurfuralC6H6O3
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A signature of browning that builds up as sugars are heated in baking and in honey.
As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Irritant from source
- Phenylacetic acidC8H8O2
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The honey-like sweet note in a small amount and something closer to a barnyard in a large one. It also occurs in the body as a phenylalanine breakdown product.
As a pure substance: LD50 2,250 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
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