Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose. It is one of the three dietary monosaccharides, along with glucose and galactose, that are absorbed directly into blood during digestion.

Why is fructose called Laevulose?

Fructose is the sweetest of all naturally occurring sugars. It is also called fruit sugar because of its common occurrence in fruits (except grapes). Nectar and honey contain fructose. The same is called Laevulose (levulose) because of its levorotatory nature.

Which is called as Laevulose?

So, honey is also called Laevulose because of its laevorotatory nature.