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Scientists say native stingless bee honey hits the sweet spot – The Age
UQ researchers have found the honey from native stingless bees contains a rare type of sugar that matches many of the health claims made about it.
“All of the literature was saying it was maltose, but we had some pretty high tech equipment at UQ, and we said its not maltose,” she said.
Professor Fletcher (left) with Dr Natasha Hungerford from UQs Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.Credit:University of Queensland
“It looks very similar to maltose, but it wasnt quite the same, and we ran all sorts of tests on it and found that it was actually trehalulose.”
The rare form of sugar has a much lower GI than regular sugar,…
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