Glucose
Glucose is a simple sugar that the body uses for energy. While safe per se, added sugars (including glucose/dextrose) consumed in excess contribute to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dental caries.
What it is
Simple monosaccharide sugar (dextrose), naturally occurring and produced commercially from corn or other starches.
Sweetener, energy source, browning/Maillard agent, fermentation substrate.
Why it's flagged
- Contributes to added sugar intake
- Excess linked to obesity, T2D, dental caries
What regulators actually say
"Limit foods and beverages higher in added sugars... less than 10 percent of calories per day."
"Intake of added and free sugars should be as low as possible in the context of a nutritionally adequate diet."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS; required to be declared as 'added sugars' on Nutrition Facts label.
European Union — EFSA
Permitted; included in EFSA's tolerable upper intake review of added sugars.
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