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Sep 2026
Beyond sweetness: rare sugars as next-generation functional food ingredients for metabolic health, food innovation, and sugar-reduction strategies
Excessive consumption of added sugars has increased demand for food ingredients that reduce glycemic and caloric load while maintaining sweetness, bulk, processing functionality, and consumer acceptability. Rare sugars are low-abundance monosaccharides with compound-specific technological and physiological properties...
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