A New Startup Wants to Turn the Sugar You Eat Into Fiber

We all know that too much sugar is bad for us. It can lead to weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. But it’s hard to avoid. In the US, three-quarters of the packaged food sold in supermarkets has sugar added to it when it’s processed or prepared. Even foods that consumers assume are healthy—yogurt, for one—are often packed with sugar. The average American adult consumes two to three times the recommended amount of added sugar every day.

Recognizing the difficulty of changing people’s eating habits, UK food tech startup Zya thinks it has a solution to make sugary foods healthier without compromising on taste. The London-based company,

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