fructose

These sugar-laden confections are mostly made of high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat and additives.

Added sugars can also be found on the ingredients list, often labeled as glucose, fructose, maltose or sucrose.

“I am also just happy that fewer children are drinking high fructose corn syrup Coca-Cola,” he added.

This is a molecule made of two simple sugars – glucose and fructose – in a 1:1 ratio and chemically bound.

Unlike glucose, fructose is not normally used for fuel by the healthy brain and heart, appearing mostly in healthy liver and kidneys.