A method of attenuating a postprandial insulin response comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising at last one sugar alcohols, monk fruit, a rheology modifier, and tagatose wherein a subject ingesting a carbohydrate-containing food comprising the composition experiences a decrease in the postprandial insulin response of from about 10% to about 90% for a time period ranging from about 15 minutes to about 180 minutes subsequent to ingestion of the carbohydrate-containing food when compared to the postprandial insulin response of a subject ingesting an otherwise identical carbohydrate-containing food comprising an equivalent amount of sucrose.
