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Erythritol is 70% as sweet as sugar, though it has a similar flavor. It is virtually non-caloric, and some countries label it as such on food packaging. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration requires that erythritol be labeled as 0.
The polyols commonly used in the United States include sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, maltitol syrup, lactitol, erythritol, isomalt and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates.
Maltitol, Sorbitol, Mannitol, Lactitol, Xylitol and Erythritol are examples of Polyols. Simply stated, the body does not recognize these as carbohydrates and so they do not affect blood glucose, or so it is claimed.
 See also: Sugar, Kitchen, Sucrose, Cooking, Flavor
  
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