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Trehalose,
also known as mycose or tremalose, is a natural
alpha-linked disaccharide formed by an ,-1,1-glucoside bond between
two -glucose units.Trehalose is nutritionally equivalent to glucose,
because it is rapidly broken down into glucose by theenzyme trehalase,
which is present in the brush border of the intestinal
mucosa of omnivores (including humans) and herbivores.


 


Trehalose
has about 45% the sweetness of sucrose at concentrations above 22%, but when
the concentration is reduced, its sweetness decreases more quickly than that of
sucrose, so that a 2.3% solution tastes 6.5 times less sweet as the equivalent
sugar solution. It can reduce the sweetness, optimize the sweet and improve the
flavor. 


 


S ested
use: Trehalose can be used as a direct substitute for table sugar. Use in
drinks, sprinkled onto food or simply eaten off the spoon. 
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