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- noun organic chemistry A
tetrahydric sugar alcohol (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol that occurs in somefruit ; it is used as asugar substitute
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Examples
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Another ingredient food makers increasingly use is erythritol, which is found in fruits.
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($12.99/12 ounces at Whole Foods), made from erythritol, which is produced from naturally fermented and crystallized sugar cane juice.
SFGate: Top News Stories Amanda Gold 2010
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Sugar alcohols such as erythritol (Sweet Simplicity), maltitol (Nature Sweet), sorbitol, and xylitol have about half as many calories as sugar.
Q&A: Can no-cal and low-cal sweeteners help me lose weight? 2010
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Sugar alcohols such as erythritol (Sweet Simplicity), maltitol (Nature Sweet), sorbitol, and xylitol have about half as many calories as sugar.
Q&A: Can no-cal and low-cal sweeteners help me lose weight? 2010
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And you can try erythritol, which is a sugar alcohol that doesn’t absorb as much as some of the others do.
Splenda misinformation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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Truvia also contains erythritol, a calorie-free sugar alcohol that diffuses the sweet taste across the palate and helps make the crystals.
Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush Anne Marie Chaker 2012
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Those sweeteners appear on labels with such names as erythritol, lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol.
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Truvia also contains erythritol, a kind of sugar alcohol found in fruits.
The 17 Day Diet Dr. Mike Moreno 2010
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Those sweeteners appear on labels with such names as erythritol, lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol, and xylitol.
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Of course the erythritol-sweetened low carb sweets I make seem to help with doing the convincing.
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