Article: Lab has a sweet, healthy dream // Desserts will be low in fat, but still tasty

The research chief of NutraSweet Co.'s new research lab in Mount Prospect is daydreaming about tomorrow's desserts.

"Ice cream, yogurt, candy, cakes, pies and other good stuff," said Michael Losee, "will be low in fat, low in calories, healthy and taste good. You won't have to pay a penalty for eating things that you like."

NutraSweet researchers are trying to develop an artificial sweetener that can be used in baking, and a rich-tasting substitute for fat that would add few or no calories and negligible cholesterol.

NutraSweet Co., a unit of Monsanto Co., is one of the food industry's strongest competitors in the race to develop guilt-free desserts. The company recently spent $7.5 ...

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