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Allulose powder beside table sugar, the rare sugar used in zero-sugar sweeteners

Allulose: what it is, how it works, and who it's for

Allulose is a rare sugar that occurs naturally in figs, raisins and maple syrup. It's about 70% as sweet as table sugar, carries roughly 0.2 - 0.4 calories per gram,...

In 2019, the FDA (Food and Drug Association) made a decision it had never made before for any sweetener: it ruled that allulose - a naturally occurring rare sugar - could be excluded entirely from "total sugars" and "added sugars" on US nutrition labels. Not reduced. Not footnoted. Excluded. The allulose FDA classification created a category that had never existed before - a substance that is technically a sugar molecule but is treated by the body so differently that the FDA formally separated it from every other sugar on record....

Most eating out no added sugar diet plans don't fail at home. They fail at a restaurant table at 8pm, with a menu full of landmines and a waiter standing by. Hidden sugar in restaurant food is the real reason so many people quit, not a lack of discipline. This isn't about ordering sad salads or interrogating every chef about their ingredients. It's a practical, no-BS field guide to navigating any restaurant, Indian, continental, fast food, or five-star, without derailing your diet or your social life. By the end, you'll...

Why My Father's Health Scare Made Me Start Beyond The Sugar (A Beyond The Sugar Founder's Diary)

The origin story of Beyond The Sugar - how founder Pranav Mehta's father Ajay Mehta's pre-diabetes diagnosis became the catalyst for a brand built to help India move beyond sugar,...

Monk fruit sweetener has a glycemic index of zero, does not raise blood glucose, and holds FDA GRAS status making it one of the most thoroughly studied and recommended natural sweeteners for people managing diabetes. Unlike many "sugar-free" alternatives that still affect insulin response or carry digestive risks, monk fruit's active compounds (mogrosides) pass through the body without being metabolised in the conventional sense, producing no postprandial glucose spike and no insulin demand. This post covers the science behind that claim, the safety evidence, how monk fruit compares to other...

Monk fruit vs stevia sweetener compared side by side in two glass bowls

Monk fruit vs stevia: which sweetener is actually better?

Monk fruit and stevia are both zero-calorie and zero-GI. Monk fruit has the cleaner finish and costs more. Stevia is cheaper and more widely stocked, but carries a liquorice-bitter aftertaste...

Two glasses of masala chai beside a spoon of monk fruit and allulose sweetener and a spoon of sugar

Sugar-free chai: which sweetener works, and how much to use

Sugar-free chai works, and the sweetener you pick decides whether it tastes right. A monk fruit and allulose blend gets closest, at roughly 1 tsp per cup.

Best sugar substitutes for diabetics in India: the 2026 guide

For diabetics in India, the sweeteners with no measurable effect on blood glucose are monk fruit, allulose and stevia. Allulose goes further: a 2024 meta-analysis found it lowered post-meal glucose...

Comprehensive monk fruit sweetener guide infographic showing fresh luo han guo fruit and extract powder. t highlights monk fruit benefits like zero calories, a zero glycemic index for blood sugar management, and antioxidant-rich mogrosides.

Monk Fruit Sweetener: The Complete Guide to Benefits, Uses - What the Science Actually Says

Monk fruit sweetener is a zero-calorie, zero-glycemic natural sugar substitute derived from a small melon native to the mountains of Southern China and it's rapidly becoming the go-to choice for...

No added sugar vs sugar-free: what the labels actually mean

No added sugar means nothing was added during manufacture. Sugar-free means not more than 0.5 g per 100 g. Natural sugars are still sugar. Only one of the three tells...

Allulose sweetener beside a kadhai of gajar ka halwa and a tray of cooling biscuits

How to use allulose in baking and Indian sweets

Allulose browns faster than sugar, so drop your oven by 10 to 20°C and check early. For pure allulose, match sweetness at roughly 1.4 times the weight of sugar. For...

Allulose and GLP-1 : What the research says

Allulose and GLP-1: what the research actually shows

Allulose does raise GLP-1 in humans, but only at larger doses than a spoon of sweetener. But the findings are positive, which set the base for future such establishments between...

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