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Food Ingredients

Novasep and Bonumose plan US rare sugars plant

by Melody M. Bomgardner
March 12, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 9

 

The structure of the sugar molecule allulose.

The food ingredient start-up Bonumose has partnered with the French drug services firm Novasep to manufacture rare sugars, including tagatose and allulose. The low-calorie sugars are naturally present in some fruits but only in small quantities. They have a sweetness similar to that of sucrose. Bonumose says it can produce them in large amounts from plant-based feedstocks using an enzymatic process. Production will be in Virginia, where Bonumose is based.

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