Ingredient Overview
Tagatose is a rare monosaccharide used as a sweetening ingredient. Its sugar-like character makes it relevant to formulation work where a crystalline sugar ingredient is preferred over an intense sweetener.
The crystalline ingredient contributes physical solids as well as a sweet taste. This makes tagatose relevant to recipes that need a sugar-like ingredient for both flavour and structure. Its behaviour during processing is part of the formulation work, particularly in heated foods and multi-sweetener combinations.