ELIF: How do consumables that claim to have no sugar still taste somewhat sweet?
In: Chemistry
there are several chemicals that trigger your sweet tastebuds but do not actually absorb in your small intestine or is able to be used by your cells for energy. that’s what substitute sweeteners are. there are 2 kinds of substitute sweeteners: natural and artificial. natural substitute sweeteners are refined from a plant, examples are Stevia, Monkfruit, Erythiritol aka sugar alcohol, and Allulose. artificial ones are made in a lab, examples are aspartame, sucralose, sacharin, . there is not enough good evidence comparatively of health benefits of either natural over artificial. pick either side, still better for you than sugar.
There are at least two possible explanations.
One is that you have misinterpreted the text and the claim is not added sugar but what they are made of containing sugar naturally.
Another is that they use artificial sweeteners that taste like sugar but is not regular sugar. The can tase 100 times sweeter or more than regular sugar so you need less of it. Some artificial sweeteners can be used for the body as energy but because you need a lot less and they are not sugar.
Artificial sweeteners like Splenda could be used.
Or, they may say/mean no sugar ADDED, which could be the case with something that uses fruit juice or something else naturally sweet (with it’s own natural sugars.)
There is a maximum amount of sugar a product can have to still be considered “sugar free.” Tic Tacs for example can be considered sugar free even though they are entirely sugar. This is because their size doesn’t surpass the amount needed to be considered having sugar
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