A Brief Discussion on the Application of Allulose in the Health Food and Beverage Industry

D-allulose, a naturally occurring monosaccharide sweetener, exists in trace amounts in nature, found in small quantities in figs, kiwifruit, raisins, wheat, and tea plants. Additionally, it is produced in small amounts during the processing or cooking of foods containing fructose or sucrose. As a rare six-carbon ketose sugar, it offers several notable advantages. As a novel natural sugar substitute, allulose offers the following advantages:

2. Excellent processing characteristics: Allulose exhibits outstanding crystallinity and powder properties, making it suitable for low-sugar foods requiring the crystalline structure provided by sucrose.

3. Human safety: After intestinal absorption, allulose undergoes minimal metabolism. Oral studies indicate that allulose is readily absorbed through the small intestine into the bloodstream, with the majority excreted in urine within 7 hours. Only a small portion of absorbed allulose is metabolized and subsequently eliminated from the body.

D-allulose, like sucrose, can undergo the Maillard reaction with amino-containing compounds, producing flavor and color compounds that impart unique taste and color to foods. Allulose finds broad application across beverages, baked goods, dairy products, and other sectors, driving innovation in “sugar-free” products. It holds significant potential, particularly in the challenging field of reduced-sugar baked goods where sugar reduction is difficult to achieve.

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Shandong Bailong Chuangyuan Bio-tech Co. , LTD. is a natioal high & new technology enterprise with biological engineering as the leading industry, which integrates production, study and research. It is the backbone enterprises of “Functional sugar city of China” and it has the greatest kinds of functional sugar in China. The domestic earliest enterprise produce Soluble dietary fiber, Resistant dextrin and the sole enterprise which get Production license. We are also the first enterprise to produce Allulose in industrial-scale.