Highlights
- Low Glycemic index (GI) sugar has been formulated with natural ingredients.
- Unlike artificial sweeteners, the natural low-GI sugar //could be melted, baked and caramelized for use in all cooking applications.
“Sugar in nature is low-GI and our formula is based on this insight. It satisfies all the sensory requirements of sugar. It also can replace sugar in its many industrial applications with minimal formulation challenges.”
Artificial sweeteners are an alternative for diabetics but they can only be used in beverages. The company said that unlike other alternatives, such as artificial sweeteners, its natural low-GI sugar could be melted, baked and caramelized for use in all cooking applications.
Holista said that when its low-GI sugar was consumed it reduced the rate that glucose was digested throughout the body.
Mr Thompson said it was becoming more important to create “smarter foods”. “The low-GI sugar formulation incorporates key strategies that have been developed by nature to deliver a more biologically sound and health conscience sweetener,” he said.
The company said the low-GI sugar was the latest addition to its suite of low-GI products. It partnered with a Swiss supplier of speciality bakery ingredients last year to produce white bread using Holista’s low-GI formula. Holista also said its formula had been used successfully to produce low-GI muffins.