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- 1Allulose labeling sparks lawsuits over FDA sugar rules●Allulose is a conformational variant of fructose that has almost no physiologic effect, and the U.S. FDA applies regulat
Allulose, a rare sugar that is a conformational variant of fructose, has almost no effect on blood glucose or calories, and the FDA uses regulatory discretion to let food makers exclude it from sugar counts on nutrition labels. However, allulose remains legally classified as a sugar, and that discrepancy has led to lawsuits over food labeling.