Sugar from Fruit Bits Diabetes Solution

The number of diabetics in Indonesia is said to have reached 10.3 million people in 2017 and more than half were undiagnosed. This number is likely to continue to grow. According to the Indonesian Diabetes Federation, it is estimated that there will be 16.7 million diabetics in Indonesia by 2045.

Actually a simple way to reduce the rate of obesity and diabetes is to choose foods with low sugar levels.

With regard to food, the international research institute "FMCG Gurus" notes that consumers have an awareness of choosing food ingredients that reduce the risk of diabetes by 88 percent and consumers are aware of the link between diet and diabetes by 66 percent.

"The sugar still provides benefits to the body as an energy source. It's just that, sugar intake adapts to the body's activity," explained BENEO Asia Pacific Managing Director Christian Philippsen while talking in BENEO's Media Briefing, in Jakarta, Wednesday (3/10).

During this time, continued Philippsen, food, especially those that have been processed and packaged, have high sugar content. This causes diabetes. "So that food remains healthy and does not reduce its taste, sugar products are needed by incorporating functional ingredients, in which there is sugar derived from beets," he explained.

Philippsen said that beet sugar contains carbohydrates with slow absorption, beet sugar also contains a substance that is Palatinose which only has low glycemic carbohydrates and has a mild sugar flavor. Beet sugar according to him can supply a stable and sustainable energy for the body when compared to ordinary sugar.