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There isn't any technical information in the article, but what does "a way to structure sugar differently" mean? Do they mean change it from being sucrose to some other compound?


There is a link to the Nestle announcement in the article. Doesn't contain much more information but it does say:

> Using only natural ingredients, Nestlé researchers have found a way to structure sugar differently.

> Our scientists have discovered a completely new way to use a traditional, natural ingredient.

No link to the patent application that I can find though.

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http://www.nestle.com/media/news/nestle-research-discovery-s...


momeara (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13080704) dug up a link to the patent: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO20... .


:( I mean, isn't technically sucralose (splenda) just a "different way to structure sugar" in that they tack a few chlorines on it?


And "natural" can mean a whole lot of things.




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