For more than a century, food scientists have searched for ways to satisfy a sweet tooth without the health risks tied to ...

Tagatose acts almost exactly like sugar—offering sweetness, bulk and texture in baked goods—and is created with the help of slime mold.

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

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 ...