Rare Sugar

Allulose to Tagatose in Sugar Replacement was prepared by Melanie Goulson for Global Food Forums' 2020 Sweetener Systems Conference.

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Yi-Heng "Percival" Zhang was a leader in rare sugar research. Then things got sticky.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, in partnership with the Mars Advanced Research Institute, have announced a significant breakthrough in the production of low-calorie sugar substitutes, such as allulose. This discovery could help address one of the primary obstacles to the widespread adoption of these alternatives: production costs.

Low-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame have become common in all our diets. With concerns over their health impacts, should you turn to new plant-based alternatives to get your sweet hit?

Here's what experts have to say about natural sweeteners, like stevia and allulose.