Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
What Is Allulose? The Sugar That Doesn't Count as Sugar
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on Sep 22 2026
Some "zero sugar" labels refuse to add up: 15 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of sugar, and a sugar sitting in the ingredient list. Allulose is usually the reason. It is a rare sugar the body absorbs but barely uses, counted at 0.4 calories per gram instead of 4.0, and allowed off the sugar line entirely. Here is how it works, and the dose where it stops being comfortable.
