Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being ...

For years, sorbitol has been marketed as a friendlier form of sweetness, a sugar alcohol that lets people enjoy “low-calorie” treats without the metabolic baggage of table sugar. New research now ...

Recently, a new sodium-exchange resin ¶ that has decided advantages over the resins previously used has been made available. This resin is a sulfonic polystyrene cation-exchange resin in the sodium ...

Sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol used in zero-calorie foods and found naturally in some fruits, isn’t just a passive sweetener — it can be converted inside the body into compounds that stress the ...