Sugar reduction and specialty sweeteners

Replace sucrose and cut both calories and grams of sugar — without sacrificing taste and performance

47% of consumers are reducing their sugar consumption, growing 32% since 2009. But they still want sweet, indulgent products. Now you can create sweetened treats that taste great and that consumers can feel good about with ASTRAEA^® liquid allulose. 

Part of Ingredion's comprehensive sugar reduction solutions, this innovative, almost calorie-free ingredient solution makes it easy to replace sugar and trim calories in your beverage, dairy, bakery and confectionery products. ASTRAEA^® liquid allulose has a similar sweet taste profile and is about 70% as sweet as sucrose. 

Click on the images at right to view formulation videos featuring ASTREA^® liquid allulose.

Reduce calories and grams of sugar

ASTRAEA^® liquid allulose adds almost no calories — just 0.4 calories per gram — to your formulation. According to guidance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it also doesn’t contribute to the total or added grams of sugar values on Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels. With typical usage levels (2% to 100%), it is also well-tolerated and has been shown to have no effect on blood glucose levels.¹

Enjoy sweet functionality

Developed by the global pioneer and leader in rare sugars, Matsutani, this ingredient solution acts and tastes similar to sugar in your formulations. Comparable functional properties include:

• Bulking
• Browning
• Freeze point depression
• Mouthfeel and texture
• No crystallization in dairy products

Learn about consumer perceptions toward allulose

Can this emerging rare sugar hit the sweet spot with your consumers? Download our new report to learn about consumers' willingness to trial allulose — and their increased acceptance after they are made aware of what allulose is.

¹U.S. Food and Drug Administration, GRAS #498

“ASTRAEA” is a registered trademark held by Matsutani permitted to be used by Ingredion.

Sweeten your Nutrition Facts panel appeal with VERSASWEET^® 1721 34 DE Low Sugar Syrup

What if your glucose syrup could enable much lower grams of sugar on product labels, while still providing the same viscoscity and handling as a standard corn syrup? Now with VERSASWEET^® 1721-34 DE Low Sugar Syrup, you can enjoy both benefits — and give consumers the tastes they love in their confectionery, dairy, ice cream and baked goods. 

Like all VERSASWEET^® low sugar syrups, this solution delivers fewer grams of added sugar on labels compared to typical sweetener syrups. As seen in the table below, it has 17% labeled sugar content (DP1+DP2) — about half the amount in 42 DE corn syrup. At the same time, there's no sacrifice in functionality or performance, as VERSASWEET^® 1721-34 DE Low Sugar Syrup provides:

• Same handling and viscoscity as typical sweetener syrups
• Mild sweetness
• No change to label declaration (corn syrup or glucose syrup)
• Low Maillard reactivity and stable to heat and acid
• Caloric and carbohydrate load equal to traditional glucose syrups
• Clear color
• Non-GMO version available

VERSASWEET^® low-sugar syrups compared to standard glucose syrups

A smart solution for today's sugar-conscious shopper

More than 80 percent of consumers are checking the sugar content of foods and beverages before making purchases.¹ And, when buying a food or beverage, almost three-fourths of U.S. and over half of Canadian consumers "always" and "usually" read claims or descriptions on the back or side of the package.² With so many eyes on your product, overcoming the challenge to reduce the grams of sugar listed on your label is becoming even more pressing. With VERSASWEET^® low-sugar glucose syrups’ lower percentages of mono- and disaccharides (DP1 + DP2), you can impact how much sugar appears on your package.

Sources:

1 Mintel Sugar Reduction Trends, 2017

2 MMR Global QBIC Study 2017, proprietary research commissioned by Ingredion