What Is Fructose Malabsorption?
Fructose is a type of sugar commonly called a fruit sugar. It is not essential to life but is found naturally in fruits, certain vegetables and honey, among other foods. Due to its sweet taste, fructose — in a variety of forms — is added to foods as an artificial sweetener. Fructose malabsorption is a disorder in which the body is unable to properly absorb fructose, leading to several gastrointestinal disturbances.
