FDA draft guidance allowing allulose to be excluded from the total and added sugars declarations on the Nutrition Facts panel could generate a surge of interest in the rare sugar, predict formulators. An ultra low-calorie sugar found naturally in jackfruit and figs that Tate & Lyle, Matsutani (in cooperation in partnership with Ingredion), and CJ Cheiljedang are making in commercial quantities using enzymes, allulose has the clean taste, bulk and functionality of regular sugar (sucrose), and about 70% of its sweetness.
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