This New Sugar Substitute Is Made From Sand And Everyone Is Freaking Out!

Push your Splenda and Stevia aside because this new artificial sweetener may just be the next big thing. DouxMatok, an Israeli startup company, has invented a way to replicate the sweet flavor of sugar we’ve come to love by cutting sugar by 55%. That’s more than double as much as other popular sugar substitutes cut back! The new substitute coats food-safe nanoparticles of cellulose and silica (what sand is made of!) with real sugar.

The food-safe nanoparticles make this new artificial sugar healthier because silica and cellulose aren’t absorbed by the body; they simply pass through it. Although, like with any new invention, there are some concerns. But, let’s just focus on the fact that brownies and cake have a future of being half as unhealthy. Now that is what dreams are made of!