Sugar, as an essential component of beverages, not only provides sweetness in beverages
but also plays a significant role in their flavor, texture, and preservation. In recent years …

Background In the continued fight against the alarming excessive weight gain epidemic,
taking sugar out of the sugar-sweetened beverages which have been implicated to be the …

Highlights•The need to reduce the sugar content of processed products has been widely
acknowledged.•Sugar reduction strategies have been targeted at minimizing the sensory …

Sugar reduction is a major technical challenge for the food industry to address in response
to public health concerns regarding the amount of added sugars in foods. This paper …

Sugar is crucial as an essential nutrient for humans as well as for providing texture,
sweetness and so on to food. But with the rise in people's pursuit of health, it is becoming …

Highlights•The many functional roles of sugar in foods can limit its substitution.•Food product
reformulation allows reducing sugars intake.•Non-homogeneous distribution of sugar could …

Sugar reduction in food and beverage products involves several challenges. Non-nutritive
sweeteners may give unwanted off-flavors, while sugar-reduced products often lack …

Many American adults consume almost double the daily recommended amount of sugar.
With excess consumption of sugar and consequential health problems arising, food …

In light of the growing interest in products with reduced sugar content, there is a need to
consider reducing the natural sugar concentration in juices while preserving the initial …

Background Excessive consumption of added sugar is negatively associated with many
health outcomes. Cakes and biscuits are popular discretionary foods that contribute …