Tagatose (D-tagatose)

GI(Glucose = 100)

3^*3^*

Energy(kcal/100g)

150 kcal^*150 kcal^*

Carbs(g/100g)

100 g^*100 g^*

Sugars(g/100g)

0 g^*0 g^*

Functional benefits

• Does not promote dental caries

  FDA confirms D-tagatose is eligible under 21 CFR 101.80 when food criteria are met.

  FDA — 21 CFR 101.80 Health claims: noncariogenic carbohydrate sweeteners and dental caries (2024)

• Increases colonic butyrate (fermentation)

  Venema et al.: healthy adults 7.5–12.5 g/d for 2 weeks; butyrate up in vitro / model systems; high dose raised lactobacilli in men. Prebiotic-like — display-only; not an ISAPP-certified prebiotic claim.

  Venema et al. — D-tagatose increases butyrate production by colonic microbiota (Microb Ecol Health Dis) (2005)

Cited minerals can add up to +2 on Best sweetener for everyday health — see Methods.

Risks & side effects

• Osmotic GI discomfort at higher intakes

  caution

  75 g caused diarrhoea, nausea or bloating in every participant; at 10–30 g only 3 of 10 people with type 2 diabetes had mild symptoms. In screening for another trial about a third of 73 young men had diarrhoea at 30 g (Buemann 2000, via VKM / FSANZ summaries). Not a medical diagnosis. Scored: −7 on Everyday Health, Diabetic-friendly and Minimally processed — no symptom-free single dose on file, so the 75th percentile of rows with one (missing is not clean).

  Donner et al. — D-tagatose, a novel hexose: acute effects on carbohydrate tolerance in subjects with and without type 2 diabetes (Diabetes Obes Metab) (1999)

Not medical advice. Published recipe penalties (if any) are on Methods — not a clinical severity scale.

Notes

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Notes explain what the open axis or risk labels alone can miss — not medical advice.