Allulose - an alternative sugar

Allulose - an alternative sugar

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Allulose can be used to make....well, it isn't a sugar free chocolate....Allulose can be used to make a chocolate with a Glycemic Index of 0. Given that it is a sugar you can't call it a sugar free chocolate, but that is the effect.  The industry is calling it a low-calorie sugar. That is terribly exciting to me.  Allulose is naturally present in many fruits.  This allulose is corn derived.  Some details: 70% as sweet as Sucrose Certified GMO-free No aftertaste No gastric upset GI of 0 0.4 cal/g carbohydrate (instead of 4 cal/g of other sugars) It is similar to Fructose in flavor.  That is to be expected as it is an epimer of Fructose. I know most of you don't know what that means.  Look at the photo to the left.  One "OH" is flipped in the other direction.  That's it. The end result is that our taste buds react to it the same way but in the same way some people don't have the enzyme to digest lactose, humans don't have the enzyme to digest allulose.  Luckily though it doesn't show

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