The Latest In Fake Sugar
from the sweeeeet dept
I'm sure those who read Techdirt who are a bit more tuned into the chemistry world may have more to say about this article, but Wired Magazine is reporting about the latest sugar substitute, called tagatose, which is all natural, looks, tastes and cooks like sugar (it is actually a form of sugar), has 38% of the calories, prevents weight gain, doesn't cause cavities, is safe for diabetics and may even help fight disease. It also happens to be invented (accidentally) by the guy who came up with the experiment that might (or might not) have discovered that there was life on Mars. The guy has been working on this sugar substitute for ages, and it's finally coming to market. An interesting read, though, a lot of my skepticism alarms went off reading the story. I'd be interested to see what those who know more about chemistry have to say about the article.
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Fake Sugar - Long Ago
That was the last I heard of it, till Wired and tagatose. Not exactly the same concept, but close.
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Old news...
The unwritten issue is that since this is a natural sugar, it has the same sweetness of regular sugar, so on a weight basis it is no more effective than regular sugar and costs more. Other artificial sweeteners are orders of magnitude sweeter on a weight basis...
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Tagatose article
However, the responder who expected tagatose to taste exactly like sucrose may not be entirely accurate. Some of the taste processes themselves are chiral, soit might (or might not) taste the same.
Time will tell; I don't think we will be seeing Sinister Coke in bottles & cans very soon.
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But will it cause cavities?
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No Subject Given
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Rock Candy?
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L-Sugar
Thanks. Gustavo.
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fake sugar
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