Sorbitol
[ Sorbitol, Mannitol, Glucitol ] A polyol that is about half the sweetness of sucrose and 2.6 kcal/gram of energy. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol.
[ Sorbitol, Mannitol, Glucitol ] A polyol that is about half the sweetness of sucrose and 2.6 kcal/gram of energy. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol.
[ Erythritol ] A sugar alcohol with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and 0.213 kcal/gram of energy. It occurs naturally in some fruit and fermented foods and is approved in most countries as a food additive, principally as… Read More »Erythritol
[ Isomalt ] A sugar alcohol widely used as a sugar substitute. Hydrolysis of isomalt yields glucose (50%), sorbitol (25%), and mannitol (25%). Isomalt is preferred in hard candy production because resists crystallisation better than sucrose and corn syrup.
[ Mannitol, Mannite, Manna_sugar ] A sugar alcohol with about half the sweetness of sucrose and 1.6 kcal/gram of energy. It is an isomer of sorbitol. Mannitol has several uses medicinally and is on the World_Health_Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.
[ Sugar alcohol, Alditol, Glycitol, Polyalcohol, Polyhydric alcohol ] Any of a class of sweet-tasting polyols, used widely in the food industry as sweeteners and thickeners. Biochemically, sugar alcohols are neither sugars nor alcohols although they are commercially produced from sugars. The… Read More »Sugar Alcohol