Interesting no calorie sugar that appears in nature

Food & Diet Nutrition
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@MsCris mentioned allulose a naturally, but fairly rare, sugar in figs, maple syrup and others. It has the exact same chemical formula as fructose, glucose and galactose with a different molecular structure - the way the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms are bonded.
In the paper I read allulose is transported into the bloodstream by the same transporter as glucose, GLUT5. Fructose has to be metabolized by the liver but allulose is not. Most 98% of allulose is excreted in urine with a tiny bit in feces.
There seems to be several benefits for those with diabetes mellitus in consuming allulose besides being a non-caloric sweetener. It appears to have health benefits as well, such as, increasing insulin sensitivity, anti-hypo and hyperglycemic, anti- hyperlipidemic, and enhancing antioxidants.
This sugar sounds almost like a miracle. I guess we will see, as there are fairly inexpensive ways to synthesize allulose.
Link to the original thread where allulose was brought up.

Link to the paper I read - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00026/full
Link to the molecular structure of allulose AKA D-Psicose -
D-Psicose - American Chemical Society
This link is to some products that contain allulose, I am not recommending any as I have not used any of these myself. If it wasn’t for @MsCris I may never have heard of this sugar before. -
https://www.bestalluloseproducts.com/https://www.bestalluloseproducts.com/

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@CarlosLuis I have used allulose successfully for cake products (I use monk fruit to add extra sweetness, since allulose is less sweet than sucrose), I add to coffee/tea, almond milk puddings, and I make a simple syrup (for cocktails, like mojitos).

Allulose is not as good for true caramelizing, or crispy/crunchy non-grain cookies. Disappointing results.

Note: I find that once a serving of the food contains more than 25g of allulose, I start to experience a mild, overnight laxative effect. But it’s nothing like the pain and explosiveness of what sugar alcohols do to me! (Sorry if TMI)

Some ready-made products to try:

Sweet Logic cake and mug cake mixes.
Munk Pack nut and seed bars.
LivLo maple-flavored SyrLo syrup.
Wholesum Yum Simple Syrup.

Enjoy!

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