What are sugar alcohols? A friend of mine had asked me this a couple of days ago and I had no idea what they were. I do know that there are 2g in each piece of gum I eat. So I decided to do some research and find out.
Well sugar Alcohols are not sugar and they are not alcohol. They are a form of carbohydrate. Which makes sense because the gum I chew has 2g carbs and 2g sugar alcohols and not much else. Sugar alcohols are used as a low calorie sweetener and sometimes in diabetic or low carb diets. One of the reasons for this is because sugar alcohols are only partially absorbed by the body. Sugar alcohols also have lower calories per gram.
The following are the names of common sugar alcohols listed as ingredients in food: sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, maltitol syrup, lactitol, erythritol, isomalt, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates.
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This new sugar is only found in 7-11′s diet Pepsi slurpies and is similar to sugar alcohol. It is safe, but too much will cause the same effect as sugar alcohols. Because it’s only found in 7-11 slurpies, that’s all I’m going to say about it.