UC Davis, Mars Researchers Discover Scalable Production Technique for Low-Calorie Sugar Substitute (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

UC Davis, Mars Researchers Discover Scalable Production Technique for Low-Calorie Sugar Substitute

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Professor Shota Atsumi, UC Davis Department of Chemistry, led a team that found a new way to coax microbes into making allulose, a potential substitute for table sugar. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Mars Advanced Research Institute.

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