{"id":26250,"date":"2026-02-20T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26250"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:42:21","slug":"allulose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/20\/allulose\/","title":{"rendered":"Allulose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fing-cover-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fing-cover-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also known as<\/strong>: D-allulose, D-psicose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial source:<\/strong> vegetable (corn)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Used as: <\/strong>sugar substitute, zero-calorie sweetener, bulking or browning agent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition: <\/strong>A simple sugar with GRAS status possessing 70% of the sweetness of table sugar (sucrose). Allulose does not cause cavities, a rise in blood glucose, nor upset the gut microbiome, but it may cause gastrointestinal problems especially in high amounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category:<\/strong> Vegan<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/what-is-allulose\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/media\/123342\/download\">U.S. FDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manufacturers\/Distributors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tateandlyle.com\/ingredient\/dolcia-prima-allulose\"><strong>Tate &amp; Lyle<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> \u201c&#8230;allulose is derived from corn&#8230;No animal or dairy inputs are used in this. No processing aids of animal or dairy origin are used when manufacturing [allulose].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apuraingredients.com\/sweeteners\/allulose\/\"><strong>Apura Ingredients<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> \u201cAllulose is a [microbial] enzyme-derived product from fructose, produced by the hydrolysis of corn starch&#8230;No animal-derived ingredients are used in the production of&#8230;allulose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcentralco.com\/allulose\/\"><strong>North Central Companies:<\/strong><\/a> \u201cAllulose does not contain or come into contact with any ingredient of animal origin or their derivatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iconfoods.com\/allulose\/\"><strong>Icon Foods:<\/strong><\/a> \u201cAllulose contains no dairy, no animal ingredients&#8230;Allulose is all corn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Added:<\/strong> January 2026<\/p>\n<p>For more ingredient information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support ingredient research and vegan education. Join The Vegetarian Resource Group at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contents of this posting, our website and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS Also known as: D-allulose, D-psicose Commercial source: vegetable (corn) Used as: sugar substitute, zero-calorie sweetener, bulking or browning agent Definition: A simple sugar with GRAS status possessing 70% of the sweetness of table sugar (sucrose). Allulose does not cause cavities, a rise in blood glucose, nor upset the gut microbiome, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26252,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26250\/revisions\/26252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}