Lactitol
[ Lactitol ] A sugar alcohol with about 40% of the sweetness of sucrose and 2.4 kcal/gram of energy. Lactitol has been prescribed as a laxative and as a prebiotic.
[ Lactitol ] A sugar alcohol with about 40% of the sweetness of sucrose and 2.4 kcal/gram of energy. Lactitol has been prescribed as a laxative and as a prebiotic.
[ Arabitol ] A sugar alcohol with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose and 0.2 kcal/gram of energy. The intestinal presence of D-arabitol may be used as an indicator of the overgrowth of yeast and fungi such as Candida… Read More »Arabitol
[ Ketoacidosis ] A pathological state marked by extreme state of metabolic ketosis. It decreases the pH of the blood which interferes with respiration by preventing haemoglobin from binding with oxygen, which can result in coma or death due to… Read More »Ketoacidosis
[ Esterification ] A chemical reaction in which an alcohol and an acid form an ester as the reaction product.
[ Ester ] Chemical compounds derived from an acid where at least one -OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an -O-alkyl (alkoxy) group. Organic esters are commonly derived from a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. An important case are glycerides,… Read More »Ester
[ 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