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- noun biochemistry The
ketohexose (3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one; it is verysweet
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NOTE: Though tagatose is derived from lactose, it undergoes additional processing steps before the final product is marketed.
Sugar Substitutes Steve Carper 2008
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Levin, born in 1924, is now an adjunct professor at Arizona State University and has long run a firm based outside Washington, D.C., that discovered and developed a low-calorie sugar called tagatose now in final clinical trial as a diabetes drug.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Levin, born in 1924, is now an adjunct professor at Arizona State University and has long run a firm based outside Washington, D.C., that discovered and developed a low-calorie sugar called tagatose now in final clinical trial as a diabetes drug.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Neither do tagatose (Naturlose) or sucralose (Splenda), both of which are derived from sugar, or those made with stevia (PureVia, SweetLeaf Stevia, and Truvia) or concentrated monk fruit (BioVittoria).
Q&A: Can no-cal and low-cal sweeteners help me lose weight? 2010
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Neither do tagatose (Naturlose) or sucralose (Splenda), both of which are derived from sugar, or those made with stevia (PureVia, SweetLeaf Stevia, and Truvia) or concentrated monk fruit (BioVittoria).
Q&A: Can no-cal and low-cal sweeteners help me lose weight? 2010
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Coco chia (original flavor) bars from Living Fuel are a chocolaty blend of organic coconut and chia seeds, sweetened with TheraSweet (a natural blend of xylitol, tagatose, and probiotics).
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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They also make xylitol in packets, the product Shugr is tagatose, I believe, and erythritol is sold in packets under the ZSweet brand.
Sweeter Than Sugar? 2007
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Coco chia (original flavor) bars from Living Fuel are a chocolaty blend of organic coconut and chia seeds, sweetened with TheraSweet (a natural blend of xylitol, tagatose, and probiotics).
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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Inc. Biospherics recently completed a Phase 3 clinical trial to study the use of D-tagatose as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
Spherix Announces Registered Direct Offering of $2.77 Million - Yahoo! Finance 2011
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Spherix Incorporated today announced that the world's first tagatose-containing chocolate, Miada (R) ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word tagatose
"n. The ketohexose (3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one; it is very sweet."
Awwwwww.
January 30, 2012
yarb commented on the word tagatose
Look at its ickle pwetty taga toes!
January 30, 2012