Polyols

Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH), including hydrogenated glucose syrups, maltitol syrups, and sorbitol syrups, are a family of products found in a wide variety of foods. They serve a number of functional roles, including use as bulk sweeteners, viscosity or bodying agents, humectants, crystallization modifiers, cryoprotectants and rehydration aids. They also...

Erythritol, is a natural*, zero-calorie bulk sweetener that looks and tastes like sugar. Classified as a polyol (sugar alcohol), it is currently used as a bulk sweetener in reduced calorie foods and beverages promoting sugar reduction and/or weight management. It occurs naturally in fruits such as pears, melons and grapes, as well...

Polyols are carbohydrates but they are not sugars, making them sugar-free sweeteners. They are used cup-for-cup (volume-for-volume) in the same amount as sugar is used, unlike low-calorie sweeteners which are used in very small amounts. Because they taste good, people can improve the healthfulness of their diets without having to...