Scientists at Tufts have found a way to turn common glucose into a rare sugar that tastes almost exactly like table sugar—but with far fewer downsides. Using engineered bacteria as microscopic ...

Compared with common sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, tagatose exists only in tiny amounts in nature. It ...

Sugar-reduction solutions, such as natural and artificial sweeteners, have had varying levels of success. And many have fallen short where it matters most – taste. Lingering bitterness, metallic ...

A rare natural sweetener that 'delivers the taste of sugar without its drawbacks' has been synthetically reproduced by researchers.