After having been diagnosed as suffering from fructose intolerance I tried, as you probably did, too, to find fructose-free food, and I discovered much to my surprise that there is hardly any on offer. Manufacturers as well as retailers remain silent or use the term “fructose-free” much too carelessly. I came across products like e.g. honey which obviously contain fructose but were nevertheless offered as “fructose-free”.
As there are no dealers specializing in fructose-free foodstuffs I have taken the initiative in setting up “Frusano”.
The first step was an analysis of many products which according to the specifications of the producers or their list of ingredients should have been low on fructose: Virtually none of them could be called low or even approximately low on fructose. Especially with “glucose syrup” in specifications caution is called for: This expression may well conceal the fact that a great deal of glucose has been converted into fructose in order to achieve greater sweetness. A great many of the producers are not even aware of this fact. So we have devoted a lot of money and energy in order NOT to offer such products.
The logical second step was, of course, to develop our own products. A considerable amount of research work had to be devoted to choosing the right kind of sweetener because pure glucose - as you probably know from experience - has some unpleasant properties such as a “metallic” taste, a high glycemic index and a tendency to crystallize.The result of our efforts is to be seen here in the shop: All of our products are sweetened with fructose-free glucose syrup which apart from tasting better is also much more wholesome than pure glucose.
Sufficiently precise analyses were also of major importance: Even renowned laboratories threw in the towel since especially the high glucose content of Frusano products makes it very difficult to determine the sucrose content. After many attempts we have now found a specialized laboratory which is able to determine precisely the fructose content as well as the sucrose content. This is of great importance: You can absolutely trust our information concerning the content of fructose, sorbitol and sucrose.
Frusano products are made by suppliers in Austria, Germany and the Philippines (Fair Trade).
