Jan 8, 2025 · Erythritol is found in a range of ‘diet,’ ‘sugar-free’ and ‘keto-friendly’ foods — but research has linked it to heart attack and stroke. Erythritol is one of the most common artificial sweeteners around. It’s a popular ingredient in a lot of food marketed for weight loss, keto-friendly diets and diabetes management.

Sep 26, 2023 · Erythritol, a type of carbohydrate called sugar alcohol, is one of the most common artificial sweeteners available. It's popular in foods marketed for weight loss and diabetes. But research...

Feb 21, 2025 · Erythritol is a sugar alcohol used as a low calorie sweetener. Eating a large amount of it may cause digestive issues, including nausea. It may also be associated with blood clots and heart...

Erythritol (/ ɪˈrɪθrɪtɒl /, US: /- tɔːl, - toʊl /) [2] is an organic compound, the naturally occurring achiral meso four-carbon sugar alcohol (or polyol). [3] . It is the reduced form of either D- or L- erythrose and one of the two reduced forms of erythrulose. It is …

Jul 14, 2023 · Erythritol is a type of sugar alcohol commonly added to sugar-free products and used as a blood sugar-friendly alternative to table sugar in foods and drinks.

Dec 1, 2023 · Erythritol is a sugar alcohol used as a food additive and sugar substitute in a wide range of products, particularly foods aimed at sugar or overall calorie reduction.

Sep 19, 2023 · Erythritol occurs naturally with the fermentation of fructose (fruit sugar) and is found in extremely low levels in various fruits such as melon, pears, grapes and in fermented foods, including dairy cheese and soy sauce. Our red blood cells also naturally make very low levels of erythritol.

Erythritol is the meso-diastereomer of butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol. It has a role as an antioxidant, a plant metabolite and a human metabolite. Erythritol is a four- carbon sugar that is found in algae, fungi, and lichens. It is twice as sweet as sucrose and can be used as a coronary vasodilator.

Nov 4, 2019 · Erythritol is a type of sugar alcohol. Erythritol occurs naturally in some fruits and fermented foods, while manufacturers add a industrially fermentated version to low sugar and sugar-free...

Aug 9, 2018 · Erythritol is most commonly used as a low-calorie, sugar-free sweetener in food and drinks. While regular table sugar contains four calories per gram, one gram of erythritol only contains (approximately) 0.2 calories. In other words; erythritol contains less than 6% of the calories that sugar does (1, 2).