Zero-calorie sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose promise guilt-free sweetness — but new research shows they may carry ...

For people focused on weight loss and overall healthy eating, monk fruit and stevia offer similar nutritional benefits. Find ...

ASU scientists found that people whose gut microbes make more methane extract more calories from fiber-rich foods. Methanogens help the microbiome turn fiber into energy by consuming hydrogen and ...

As per initial findings, tagatose tastes 92% like sugar and has about one third of the calories that sugar contains. It doesn ...

The popular sugar substitute stevia is in countless food products these days. You may love this sweetener, or there may be ...

From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a sweetener that delivers ...

Researchers have developed a way to biosynthetically produce an otherwise rare sugar called tagatose, which can provide the ...