Hello

I've been searching for low-fructose foods to add a bit of variety to my diet. I came across this company which caters to the gluten-free market but also claims that some of its products are fine for those with an intolerance to fructose. While knowing little about the condition, I assume that those intolerant to fructose would be trying to eat as little fructose as possible, so how could they possibly eat these anzac biscuits which are full of golden syrup? The biscuits are almost 40% sugar!

Thanks for your thoughts

http://www.sillyyak.com.au/gluten-free-food-and-products/gluten-free-biscuits/gluten-free-anzac-biscuits.html

Hi David and any pastry chefs out there.

I met with friends for 'coffee and cake' the other day - skipped the cake but wanted somthing so got a plain scone and put cream on it - no jam. As far as I know neither contain fructose normally but wondering if anyone can confirm.

They also had some lovely looking plain croissants - they don't seem sweet but again wondering if they would usually contain fructose? If anyone knows that would be great!

Cheers,

Kate

Emma Forrest wrote:

Some plain scone recipes contain sugar, some don't. You could probably taste the difference.

My Grandmother always used a can of lemonade in her scones!

Sugar Free wrote:Most scone recipes I've used have little or no sugar in them. I guess it's one of those things we can't just assume though. I can see myself asking every cafe owner now how much sugar they've put in their food!!

Bet that makes you a popular customer! ;-)

Cheers

David.

Emma Forrest wrote:

Hello

Licorice tea - I had some recently for the first time and it tasted very sweet to me. I've tried leaf and tea bag versions which apparently don't have any added sugar.

Can anyone tell me why it taste so sweet and if it will ruin my low fructose diet?

If it is fructose free it would be a fantastic sweet treat - it smells delicious and is very sweet to anyone who has been avoiding sugar.

Thanks

Hi Emma - I asked the same thing myself as I enjoy the 'Black Adder' liquorice tea. It is apparantly OK as the sweet part of liquorice is Glycyrrhizin and is not metabolised into fructose. The forum 'conversation' took place on the 'sweet poison' website in the 'introduce yourself' forum under 'grateful convert' if you'd like to read it.

Cheers - Janet