Zero carb Issue.. Help..........

I recently purchased 100 chupa chup sugarfree lollies advertised as Zero carbs,
however when i read the label they stated that each lolly contained 12.8g
carbs??

OK so now i havn't eaten any yet but i sent an e-mail asking about this 12.8g
carbs listing. and along came the following reply...................

Hi
There is also 12.8 g of polyols which is not listed. Polyols are sugars that do
not effect the blood sugar level and can be subtracted from the carbohydrate
value therefore giving the effective carbohydrate value as zero

Rgds andy

(HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP)

Wayne

In article ,
(Wwynlmrsh) wrote:

I recently purchased 100 chupa chup sugarfree lollies advertised as Zero
carbs,
however when i read the label they stated that each lolly contained 12.8g
carbs??

OK so now i havn't eaten any yet but i sent an e-mail asking about this 12.8g
carbs listing. and along came the following reply...................

Hi
There is also 12.8 g of polyols which is not listed. Polyols are sugars that
do
not effect the blood sugar level and can be subtracted from the carbohydrate
value therefore giving the effective carbohydrate value as zero

Rgds andy

(HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP)

Sugar alcohols may or may not be metabolized by your body. They are
rather controversial because of this. They may or may not also give you
gas and/or diarrhea.

Priscilla

In article ,
(Wwynlmrsh) wrote:

I recently purchased 100 chupa chup sugarfree lollies advertised as Zero
carbs,
however when i read the label they stated that each lolly contained 12.8g
carbs??

OK so now i havn't eaten any yet but i sent an e-mail asking about this 12.8g
carbs listing. and along came the following reply...................

Hi
There is also 12.8 g of polyols which is not listed. Polyols are sugars that
do
not effect the blood sugar level and can be subtracted from the carbohydrate
value therefore giving the effective carbohydrate value as zero

Rgds andy

(HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP)

Wayne


For some people, sugar alcohols do not affect blood sugar levels, for some
people they do. For some people, they also give them the runs. You can
get a meter to test your blood sugar after eating one of these and see what
it does to you.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna

On 11 Nov 2003 17:28:39 GMT, (Wwynlmrsh) wrote:

polyols

They are sugar alcohols and can be deducted.

Polyols are sugar-free sweeteners. Polyols are carbohydrates but they
are not sugars. Unlike high potency sweeteners like aspartame which is
used in very small amount, polyols are used in the same quantity as
sucrose. Chemically, polyols are considered polyhydric alcohols or
sugar alcohols because part of their structure resembles sugar and
part is similar to alcohols. However, these sugar-free sweeteners are
neither sugars nor alcohols, as these words are commonly used.
They are derived from carbohydrates whose carbonyl group (aldehyde or
ketone, reducing sugar) has been reduced to a primary or secondary
hydroxyl group.

The most widely used polyols are sorbitol, mannitol, and maltitol.
Sorbitol is derived from glucose, mannitol from fructose, and maltitol
from high maltose corn syrup.

Polyols are derived from sugars, but they are not processed by the
body like sugars. Polyols have many advantages such as reduced
calories as compared to sugar, reduced insulin response, ability to be
labeled "sugar-free" and "no sugar added", do not promote tooth decay,
and do not brown in bakery applications.

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: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
: Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
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I learned this idea another way: Build a man a fire, and you'll keep him
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David

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:: I learned this idea another way: Build a man a fire, and you'll keep
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You some kind of pyro fiend?

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: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
: Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
: --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I learned this idea another way: Build a man a fire, and you'll keep him
warm all night. Set a man on fire, and you'll keep him warm for the rest of
his life.

David

Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day.
Teach him how to fish, and he'll kill every last fish in the ocean.