Eli5: if sugar found in natural fruits doesnt get absorbed quickly by bloodstream due to fiber, then why not companies incorporate fiber to their chocolate so it doesnt spike our blood sugar?
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Firstly, your initial proposition is not entirely correct. Sugars found in fruit like an apple take a lot of forms, and some of those forms are naturally harder to digest than others, meaning it can take longer for the sugar to be broken down and added to your bloodstream. It is not just because an apple has fiber in it (and it should be noted that ‘fiber’ is not a single type of thing either; if you eat a fiber supplement to help with constipation you are eating something very different than what you would find in an apple).
Second, there is no strong incentive for a compony to avoid blood sugar spikes. Mars doesn’t really care if eating a Snickers gives you a sugar rush. There may be some smaller chocolate makers that produce candy specifically for people with dietary concerns who would want a slower sugar rush, but that’s all. Mars is trying to make a candy bar that tastes really good and really sweet, and adding things like fiber would change the texture and flavor. So they don’t, because they have no reason to.
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