Matcha goes zero‑sugar
A ‘Clean & Lean Matcha Latte’ sweetened with allulose is trending as a zero‑sugar option for keto and blood‑sugar‑watching drinkers, while campus and local scenes are fueling creativity — Cornell’s Matcha Club opened a pop‑up café and Northern Virginia cafés are launching fruity, floral spring matchas. (langschocolates.com), (cornellsun.com), (northernvirginiamag.com)
Lang’s Chocolates published its Clean & Lean Matcha Latte recipe on March 27, 2026 and lists 12 g of allulose, 45 kcal per serving and 1 g “net carbs” on the nutrition panel, plus an estimated 60–70 mg of caffeine per serving. (langschocolates.com) (langschocolates.com) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s guidance from October 2020 allows manufacturers to exclude allulose from the amounts labeled as Total Sugars and Added Sugars and advises using 0.4 kcal per gram when declaring calories from allulose. (fda.gov) (fda.gov) Keystone Pantry allulose is sold under Lang’s brands and via KPSWEET, which lists Keystone Pantry, Trendz and Lang’s as customers and offers bulk allulose shipments (including minimums as large as 500 lb in some programs). (kpsweet.com) (kpsweet.com) Cornell Matcha Club’s student-run pop-up at Statler Hall on March 23, 2026 ran from 12–5 p.m. and served matcha and hojicha lattes alongside Matcha Tiramisu, Matcha Mochi Brownies and Strawberry Matcha Cheesecake as a fundraiser. (cornellsun.com) (cornellsun.com) A March 27, 2026 Northern Virginia Magazine roundup names specific cafés — Basecamp Coffee Roasters, Commonwealth Joe, Hypergoat Coffee Roasters, Loud’n Roasted, SR Coffee Co., and Weird Brothers Coffee — offering spring matcha variations such as an oat-milk rose matcha, blueberry-lemon matcha and Berry Blossom Matcha with vanilla, raspberry and honey cold foam. (northernvirginiamag.com) (northernvirginiamag.com) Lang’s Keystone Pantry has been pushed into wider channels through a distribution move with US Foods and Keystone Pantry allulose appears in retail listings on Amazon and in preblended matcha mixes, indicating increased availability of allulose-sweetened matcha for both foodservice and home use. (langschocolates.com) (fsrmagazine.com)
