Rare Sugars Flashcards
What allows rare sugars to taste similar to table sugar?
chemical structure
What two things are rare sugars made of?
- monosaccharides
- disaccharides
True or false: little is known about the physiological and cardiometabolic effect of rare sugars
True
To be an acceptable sweetener of commercial utility, a substance must have what 6 things?
- sufficient sweetening power
- no unpleasant aftertaste
- non-carcinogenic and non-mutagenic
- inexpensive
- thermostable
- little to no calories
What 6 things can be used to describe allulose?
- go-to rare sugar
- monosaccharide
- found in maple syrup, dried fruit, brown sugar
- low calorie
- not metabolized in body
- c3 epimer of fructose
What are the health effects of allulose?
What are 3 side effects of allulose?
- diarrhea
- abdominal pain
- distension
What 6 things describe D-tagatose?
- monosaccharide
- c4 epimer of d-fructose
- found in whey milk protein
- 92% as sweet as sucrose
- sweetener for milk and yogurt
- debate about calorie content
What are health related effects of d-tagatose?
What are 4 side effects of d-tagatose?
- nausea
- diarrhea
- flatulence
- bloating
What 4 things describe isomaltulose?
- palatinose
- disaccharide of glucose and fructose
- found in honey and cane sugar
- half sweetness but same caloric content of sucrose
What are the health effects of isomaltulose?
What are 3 side effects of isomaltulose?
- diarrhea
- nausea
- constipation
What 5 things describe L-arabinose?
- monosaccharide and aldopentose
- found in plant cell wall
- 1/2 sweetness of sucrose
- no calories
- less metabolizable than glucose
What are the health effects of l-arabinose?
What are the 3 side effects in L-arabinose?
- nausea
- abdominal pain
- diarrhea
What 3 things describe Trehalose?
- disaccharide of 2 glucose molecules
- found in yeast, honey, shrimp, insects, plants
- 1/2 as sweet as sucrose with same calorie content
What are the health effects of trehalose?
What are the 3 side effects of trehalose?
- bloating
- flatulence
- diarrhea