Sugar substitute for health preserving-Tagatose

Tagatose is fructose (tagatose) in C-4 chiral carbon atoms on the enantiomeric molecular mass of 180.1u and CAS 87-81-0.,

it is a low calorie food sweet taste good and bulking agent, and inhibit hyperglycemia, improving intestinal flora, without dental caries many physiological functions including.

2001, FDA approved GRAS tagatose (American FDA evaluation of food additive safety index).


In the sweetness of sugar is sucrose 92%, is a good filling type sweeteners. The sweet characteristics similar to sucrose, no bad smell or taste.

Tagatose does not reduce plaque pH value, and will not cause tooth decay. The suppression of tooth plaque, it has a good effect to eliminate halitosis, therefore widely used in dental products, can be used to inhibit dental caries, gingivitis and dental disease, eliminate bad breath and a tooth cleaning.