Rare sugar explained

A rare sugar is a sugar that occurs in limited quantities in nature.^[1] Rare sugars can be made using enzymes, choosing which enzymes to use if you know the substrate can be aided by the Izumoring-strategy.^[2]

Specific examples of rare sugars are:

• Allulose^[3]
• Allose
• Sorbose
• Tagatose

Notes and References

1. Nagata . Yasuo . Mizuta . Narumi . Kanasaki . Akane . Tanaka . Kazunari . Rare sugars, d -allulose, d -tagatose and d -sorbose, differently modulate lipid metabolism in rats . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture . March 2018 . 98 . 5 . 2020–2026 . 10.1002/jsfa.8687 . 28940418 . 2018JSFA...98.2020N .
2. Zhang . Wenli . Zhang . Tao . Jiang . Bo . Mu . Wanmeng . Enzymatic approaches to rare sugar production . Biotechnology Advances . March 2017 . 35 . 2 . 267–274 . 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.01.004 . 28111316 .
3. Matsuo . Tatsuhiro . Suzuki . Hiroo . Hashiguchi . Mineo . Izumori . Ken . D-Psicose Is a Rare Sugar That Provides No Energy to Growing Rats. . Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology . 2002 . 48 . 1 . 77–80 . 10.3177/jnsv.48.77 . 12026195 . free .