Sugar substitutes are marketed as a healthier alternative to regular sugar, stand-ins that will offer the same sweet taste but won’t pose the same threat to your weight or dental health. Sounds like a ...

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Brown sugar shouldn't be solid, but it happens. You haven't used it in a while, and it lost some moisture. So when you pull it out of your cupboard to make cookies, you realize you have something ...

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Associate Professor Food Process Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass ...

After dipping their toes in on reunion performances last year, '90s rockers Sugar have now delivered a full-fledged 2026 world tour. The band began teasing the possibility of something new last ...

Scientists say they've developed a new way to produce a sugar alternative that may be healthier, taste more like the real thing and perform better in baked goods. Many artificial sweeteners are known ...

Scientists at Tufts University have discovered a way to produce a safe dupe for sucrose, a k a table sugar. Better yet, the sweet stuff has significantly fewer calories, minimal impact on blood sugar ...

Scientists at Tufts have found a way to turn common glucose into a rare sugar that tastes almost exactly like table sugar—but with far fewer downsides. Using engineered bacteria as microscopic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. It’s only early January in 2026, and the health world is already ...

Sorbitol, a popular sugar-free sweetener, may not be as harmless as its label suggests. Researchers found it can be turned into fructose in the liver, triggering effects similar to regular sugar. Gut ...