[jandrewrogers]

Sucrose is 50% fructose. HFCS is typically 42-55% fructose. They are essentially indistinguishable to your liver.

[majkinetor]

There is also a chemical bond that needs to be broken in sucrose

[jandrewrogers]

Of course, and the human body is full of enzymes that exist to cleave saccharides into their constituent sugars.

[sideshowb]

> Sucrose is 50% fructose

What? They're different molecules

[LordAtlas]

Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of 50% glucose and 50% fructose.