The natural sugars fructose and sucrose account for approximately 75 percent of the carbohydrates in apples. A large apple contains approximately 23 grams of sugar; a medium apple contains 19 grams. Although apples contain a significant amount of natural sugar, they are a low glycemic index food.
History of Cotton Candy. Originally called Fairy Floss, the process of making Cotton Candy was invented by four men: Thomas Patton, Josef Delarose Lascaux, John C. Wharton, and William Morrison.
Eli Whitney was the first to make a cotton gin for short-staple cotton. His cotton gin had a hand crank which when turned, pulled the cotton through wire teeth to pull out the seeds and then through a second cylinder with brushes that removed the cotton from the wire teeth.