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Most health professionals, nutrition experts and regulatory agencies are looking for ways to iStock_000021909505_Smallreduce calories in the diet as one way to improve the health of today’s consumer. In the United States, the need has been elevated:

  • Overweight. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) found that 69 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, with 36 percent at obese.
  • Obesity. The Obesity Society reported no state in the U.S. met national health objectives from Healthy People 2010, which sought to bring obesity down to 15 percent of the state’s populations.
  • Diabetes. Nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from diabetes (Source: American Diabetes Association) (even higher for the senior 65+ group at 26 percent).

Allulose has no impact on blood glucose nor interferes with insulin. As a result, allulose is an option for those looking to lose or manage their weight and an ideal sweetener for people with diabetes who want more choices.

The imbalance in energy resulting from people eating more calories than they can burn can lead to overweight and obesity. And with these conditions comes elevated risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis and some cancers.

Over the years, much progress has been made to help correct this imbalance, and to bring ingredients to market that add little to no calories to foods and beverages. Allulose, as a “rare sugar”, is a naturally-occurring, non-nutritive sweetener that behaves like conventional sugar, offering the taste and texture of sugar without the calories.

Allulose Applications: Get a closer look at all the ways allulose can help consumers commit to a healthy diet and lifestyle without sacrificing the tastes and texture they love.  Learn More.

Latest Science: Gain insight into the latest science and research on allulose, sugar and sweeteners.  See the Science.

 

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Brain Activity & Connectivity Changes: Response to Natural Sugar Replacements & Artificial Sweeteners - Nutritional Neuroscience

Brain Activity & Connectivity Changes: Response to Natural Sugar Replacements & Artificial Sweeteners – Nutritional Neuroscience

ARTICLE: Brain activity and connectivity changes in response to nutritive natural sugars, non-nutritive natural sugar replacements and artificial sweeteners AUTHORS: ... Read More
IFT19 showcases solutions for clean-label trends - Beverage Industry

IFT19 showcases solutions for clean-label trends – Beverage Industry

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Expo highlighted the latest innovations impacting the food and beverage markets. Tate & ... Read More
Tate & Lyle talks allulose: The first two things consumers look for are calories and sugar - Food Navigator

Tate & Lyle talks allulose: The first two things consumers look for are calories and sugar – Food Navigator

Allulose has 90% fewer calories than table sugar and is now attracting the attention of mainstream consumer packaged goods brands, ... Read More
Initial sales of low-carb cereal Magic Spoon have exceeded expectations - Food Navigator

Initial sales of low-carb cereal Magic Spoon have exceeded expectations – Food Navigator

Sales of new keto-friendly cereal Magic Spoon have exceeded expectations, say founders Gabi Lewis and Greg Sewitz, who claim to ... Read More
FDA Exempts Allulose from Added Sugar Labeling Requirements

FDA Exempts Allulose from Added Sugar Labeling Requirements

April 17, 2019 -- For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing an ingredient  chemically ... Read More
Study Finds Anti-Obesity Potential of Allulose

Study Finds Anti-Obesity Potential of Allulose

By Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, CHWC, FAND Allulose, also known as D-psicose, is a rare sugar originally discovered naturally ... Read More
Importance of Clear Nutrition Information for Diabetes Management: Spotlight on Allulose

Importance of Clear Nutrition Information for Diabetes Management: Spotlight on Allulose

April 25, 2019 -- While some people ignore or merely glance at the nutrition information on food and beverage packaging, ... Read More
Allulose & the New Nutrition Facts Label

Allulose & the New Nutrition Facts Label

October 29, 2018 -- Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) extended the dates for food and beverage companies ... Read More
Rare Sugars: Demystifying Diamonds in the Rough

Rare Sugars: Demystifying Diamonds in the Rough

You’ve heard terms like “raw” and “natural” to describe low calorie sweeteners, but what about “rare”? As the name suggests, ... Read More
Allulose: A Sweet New Tool for Diabetes Management

Allulose: A Sweet New Tool for Diabetes Management

By: Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RDN, CDE -- There’s no debating it: Diabetes is a serious and growing national health ... Read More

News

Allulose is an ingredient to watch – Dairy Foods

Opportunities to Reduce Sugars Add Up – Food Navigator

Allulose: A natural sweetener with a tenth of sugar’s calories – Chicago Tribune

IFT19 showcases solutions for clean-label trends – Beverage Industry

Tate & Lyle talks allulose: The first two things consumers look for are calories and sugar – Food Navigator

Initial sales of low-carb cereal Magic Spoon have exceeded expectations – Food Navigator

FDA Exempts Allulose from Added Sugar Labeling Requirements

FDA allows the low-calorie sweetener allulose to be excluded from total and added sugars counts on Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels when used as an ingredient – FDA.gov

The Calorie Control Council, a non-profit association established in 1966, seeks to provide an objective channel of scientific-based communications about low-calorie foods and beverages, to assure that scientific and consumer research and information is made available to all interested parties.

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