There’s a new alternative sweetener getting ready to hit the market, and it’s called allulose (also D-Psicose). Under the brand names of Dolcia Prima and AllSweet Low-Calorie Sugar, this sweetener claims to have 90 percent fewer calories than good old glucose, but is 70 percent as sweet and behaves like sugar in cooking and baking. It’s natural too, found in figs and raisins, although present in very scant quantities. Made from the starch of corn fructose that undergoes an enzyme conversion process, initial studies have shown that it passes through the system undigested and causes no digestive upset. Sounds great, right? There are a few reasons to be wary.
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