- Researchers recently found a rare sugar called tagatose.
- Tagatose tastes like table sugar to many people.
- It also gives fewer calories than common sugar.
- Scientists made bacteria produce tagatose in labs.
- The bacteria act like tiny factories that make sugar.
- This new method can make more tagatose than before.
- Tagatose can replace sugar in many recipes easily.
- A food safety agency says tagatose is safe.
- People may use tagatose instead of table sugar.
- It works well when baking and cooking.
Difficult words
- researcher — person who studies things to find factsResearchers
- tagatose — a rare sweet sugar used in food
- calorie — unit that measures energy in foodcalories
- bacterium — very small living cell or microbebacteria
- replace — to take the place of something
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Discussion questions
- Would you try tagatose instead of sugar?
- Do you bake or cook with sugar at home?
- Would you use a sugar with fewer calories?
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