Food ingredient · Sweetener (sugar)
Isomaltulose
A slowly digested sugar made from sucrose.
- Added sugar or syrup
- Industrial sugar or starch hydrolysate
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points isomaltulose costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list isomaltulose
1 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list isomaltulose.
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (2)
- palatinose
- isomaltulose