Comments on: where do the calories in sugar free crystal light candy come from? what is isomalt? http://cooking-ingredients.com/where-do-the-calories-in-sugar-free-crystal-light-candy-come-from-what-is-isomalt.html Free cooking ingredient collection Fri, 25 May 2012 14:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ReniHana http://cooking-ingredients.com/where-do-the-calories-in-sugar-free-crystal-light-candy-come-from-what-is-isomalt.html#comment-2657 ReniHana Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:30:20 +0000 http://cooking-ingredients.com/where-do-the-calories-in-sugar-free-crystal-light-candy-come-from-what-is-isomalt.html#comment-2657 Sugar alcohols -- like isomalt, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol -- are not really alcohols; they're reduced-calorie sweeteners that don't behave in exactly the same way as a glucose-based sweetener. That makes them good for "sugar-free" candies, etc. Sugar alcohols provide about half the amount of calories as sugars and other carbohydrates. So the calories come from the sugar alcohols, and the "sugar free" candy really isn't. Sugar alcohols — like isomalt, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol — are not really alcohols; they’re reduced-calorie sweeteners that don’t behave in exactly the same way as a glucose-based sweetener. That makes them good for “sugar-free” candies, etc. Sugar alcohols provide about half the amount of calories as sugars and other carbohydrates.

So the calories come from the sugar alcohols, and the “sugar free” candy really isn’t.

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