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		CoryG89 on Dec 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nestle says it will cut sugar in chocolate by 40% 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. : / http://www.nestle.com/media/news/nestle-research-discovery-s...

JadeNB on Dec 1, 2016 | [–]

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... .

cowpewter on Dec 1, 2016 | [–]

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

uremog on Dec 1, 2016 | [–]

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

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