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Allulose

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Allulose, also called D-psicose, is a naturally occurring sugar found in small amounts in foods such as wheat, figs, raisins and molasses, and used commercially as a low-calorie sweetener. It has about seventy percent of the sweetness of ordinary table sugar with a very similar taste, but the human body does not metabolize most of it, giving it roughly one-tenth the calories of regular sugar. In the United States the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that allulose need not be counted toward total or added sugars on nutrition labels, though it remains unapproved for sale as a sweetener in Canada and the European Union.

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