Abstract:
Diabetes like syndrome is one of the most frequent diseases of endocrinological system of the human body. The increase in the number of diabetes patients in the world is scientifically proven, and this fact requires in the future development of directions for functional and preventive products. One of the ways to achieve prophylaxis and prevention of the disease is by using special purpose food products. Such products may be obtained by substituting sucrose sweeteners (sugar substitute). Currently, fructose is considered to be one of the perspective sweeteners. The Institute of Scientific and Practical Horticulture and Food Technologies , namely The Food Technology Laboratory conducted a number of scientific researches, the results of which was the development of technologies for the production suce as blended drinks with added pumpkin–based fructose . Drinks with fructose enable to wide the range of products for diabetics, designed both for those in the initial stage of diabetes, and for insulin–dependent people.