Does Allulose Raise Blood Sugar?

by Pam Berg

One positive aspect of allulose sweetener is that it does not cause your insulin levels to rise like other sweeteners. This is important to people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as those trying to stick to a keto diet.

What Is Allulose?

A rare sugar that exists in nature, D-Allulose is a food ingredient with almost zero calories; it is classified as a natural sweetener.

It is found naturally in figs, raisins, and kiwis but can also be produced commercially.

Allulose is a monosaccharide with 90% fewer calories than sucrose. One downside of allulose is that it is only about 70% as sweet as sugar. This means you may need more allulose than you would if cooking with regular sugar.

Unlike many other zero-calorie sweeteners, allulose closely resembles table sugar in flavor. Other sweeteners, such as aspartame and sucralose, are reputed to have a bitter aftertaste.

Does Allulose Impact Blood Sugar Levels?

Allulose does not negatively affect your blood sugar or insulin levels. In fact, research supports the potential for allulose to improve your blood sugar levels.

Researchers who have published in the National Library of Medicine found that healthy adults who ate meals with allulose had lower blood glucose concentrations. Their findings suggest D-allulose as a “valuable blood glucose management tool for healthy humans and diabetes patients.”

Is Allulose Safe for Diabetics?

Allulose is GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). It is also safe for anyone considered pre-diabetic.

What are the Health Benefits of Allulose?

Would you be surprised to hear that there are positive impacts of choosing allulose in an attempt to reduce your sugar intake?

Enhanced Weight Loss: Losing weight is about more than simple calories as the calories you take in can greatly impact dieting success. Alluose is less likely to leave you with cravings that baked goods with added sugar give you.
Few Side Effects: Many sweeteners have side effects such as gastrointestinal distress. Allulose users do not experience this on the same scale as those who consume other zero or low-calorie sweeteners.
Less Calories: Allulose has just a fraction of the calories that table sugar has, which benefits those eating for weight loss.
No Glucose Increase: Table sugar has a glycemic index of 65. Allulose, on the other hand, has zero glycemic index.
Reduces Blood Sugar: Although most people use allulose as a sugar substitute because ti tastes great without raising blood glucose levels, it could actually reduce your glycemic index.

Taste: As previously mentioned, allulose is one of just a few artificial sweeteners that taste like table sugar without the bitter aftertaste that many low-calorie sweeteners have.

What is the Difference Between Allulose and Erythritol?

Allulose is a monosaccharide, whereas erythritol is a polyol or sugar alcohol.
Allulose is 70% as sweet as table sugar. Erythritol is 60% as sweet.
Allulose tastes more like table sugar.
Both are low-carbohydrate sugar substitutes.
Both are sugar-free sweeteners.
Most consumers state that erythritol has more of a bitter aftertaste than allulose.
Neither will negatively impact your blood sugar levels.