Does the absorption of fructose in a lot of foods, including regular cane sugar and almost all syrups, lead directly to those calories being stored in adipose tissue, i.e. fat.
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Pretty much any sugar can do that. As can any food in excess. Insulin is a fat storing hormone and spikes more with carb intake. Fructose can lead to fatty liver as well. But a lot depends on the overall diet, activity, etc.
There is no fructose in cane sugar. Cane sugar is extremely pure sucrose.
(Yes, sucrose is a disaccharide linking one glucose and one fructose. The fructose isn’t free, it’s chemically bound.)
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