Major Benefits of Erythritol Sweetener:

• Erythritol is low in calorie contents. Food labels in United States indicated that there is 1.2 calories per gram.
• It can help in weight loss programs being low in calorie contents.
• The product has no impact on blood glucose levels and is therefore a safe item for the diabetics.
• While regular sugar is detrimental to the health and well being of the teeth, Erythritol has no such adverse impact on the teeth.
• Since Erythritol can be absorbed and assimilated in the small intestines in the body quite easily, it reduces the chances of fermentations.

Basic Feature of Erythritol Sweetener:

Sugar alcohol that is approved to be used as bulk sweetener, Erythritol is low in calories. It contains 50 to 80% of the sweetness of regular sugar. The taste is similar to sucrose. Sugar alcohols are natural products of the plants. Part of it resembles sugar and another part resembles with alcohol. A major benefit of using sugar alcohols instead of regular sugar is that such sugar alcohol consist much lower calorie contents. However, it may not be good consuming large amounts of sugar alcohols because it can lead to abdominal gas problems as well as diarrhea.

Difference between Erythritol and Regular Sugar Alcohol:

Despite being one of the sugar alcohols, Erythritol does not contain many of their disadvantages. For instance, excess consumption of sugar alcohols may create a laxative effect on the body. But no such dangers exist with Erythritol since unlike other sugar alcohols, over 60-90% of the contents are absorbed in bloodstreams and latter excreted with urine. Thus there are no harmful effects when someone consumes Erythritol as might occur with other sugar alcohols.

Other Features of Erythritol Sweetener:

• Sugar alcohols are found to be useful in combination with many other low calorie artificial sweeteners such as the aspartame, neotame, and saccharin etc.
• Erythritol is used in combination with crystalline fructose, the choice sweetener of Coca-Cola.
• Erythritol does not contribute to the tooth decay and at the same time has limited antimicrobial properties.

Erythritol can Benefit Diabetics:

It is medically established that the anti oxidant characteristics in Erythritol can help diabetic patients and benefit them considerably. It protects the vascular health of diabetics. Protecting the cell lining of the blood vessels from oxidative stress, it helps one of the key processes in developing the health conditions in people having heart problems.

Bottom line of all these is that Erythritol may not be a miracle healer, but it can be a safe bet for anyone trying to substitute natural harmful sugar with some alternative since it is a natural product.

For more information on Erythritol, Sweeteners, Polyols, Xylitol and our complete product line please contact us at O’Laughlin Industries.