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What are polyols? Polyols are sugar-free sweeteners. They are also called ‘sugar alcohols' because their chemical structure resembles partly sugar and partly alcohol but they have nothing to do neither with sugar or alcohol. Polyols are a particular type of carbohydrate. Some of them are found naturally in various fruits and vegetables.Polyols may be used either as sweeteners, or for so-called ‘technological' (i.e. non-sweetening) functions in food. They may be used as bulking agents, emulsifiers, stabilisers, humectants, thickeners and texturisers. They are ‘bulk' sweeteners, whose sweetening power in most cases is lower than that of sugar. They are significantly less conducive to the formation of cavities in teeth than sugar and reduced in calories (this caloric value according to the EC nutrition labelling Directive 90/496/EC is 2,4 kcal/g). The most widely used polyols are Sorbitol, Mannitol, Maltitol, Isomalt, Lactitol, Xylitol and Erythritol. |
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