It may seem trivial to complain about syrup, but its really a shame. Why did they have to mess up this awesome product.? Ward on January 10, What is going on? Is the formula changing or was it always mislabeled? This used to be a "go to" of my diabetic diet, but no more. While the syrup is rich and thick and tastes like the real thing, it uses maltilol to which I am sensitive. I have tried this product twice and while it didn't cause as adverse an effect as the first time I used it, it still caused digestive upset.
There are so many other no-caloric sweeteners they could've used erithrytol, etc. The "sugar free" aspect is deceiving since this is metabolized at a fairly high glycemic level. The marketing suggests you can lose weight, etc. It's very caloric and tastes just like sugar based syrups. The ingredient that gives it the sweetness is technically a sugar alcohol, but that doesn't mean it's good for losing fat or good for diabetics.
It's very misleading. I've been sugar free since I lamented this since I ate lots of sugar, but in mid-life I got skin itchiness and rashes which went away completely by deleting added sugar in my diet.
That sucked. So finding this was heaven! And here's what's weird.. You no longer even like sweet things. The first time I made GF pancakes yep, that too , I used this, and was so seduced by the yummy taste and thick texture of this stuff I set down the dang fork and dipped my finger in the syrup and just ate it! Now I don't bother with pancakes, when I feel like a sweet something like it, I just pour a bit on a teaspoon and savor it straight up!
I never do stuff like that, but it's de-lish! One person found this helpful. I have tried other sugar free syrups--one tasted like cherry cough medicine. I had no spike in blood sugar and I can't tell the difference between it and the sugared syrups on the market. Only worth it if you're on Amazon Prime. See all reviews. Top reviews from other countries. Starting a low calorie lifestyle and went a bit crazy buying random products that I think might help me on this journey.
Finally got to try it out today after making myself some protein pancakes. I used half the recommended serving size and first impressions were it tastes nice, like maple syrup so I was pleased. Edit: after five hours having had this the aftertaste is still going strong, the maltitil alcohol sweetener really comes through.
This sugar-free mock maple syrup tastes great, as it's sweetened with maltitol, which tastes like sugar, although less sweet.
The calories in maltitol is half of that of sugar, but the glycemic index is just slightly lower, so it's not very good for diabetics. However, the price from this Amazon supplier is a rip-off. If you turn out to be intolerant to it, like myself, you're in for hours of agonising stomach pains and other very unpleasant side effects!
One positive thing I can say is that it tastes nice, but it really isn't worth it. Bought this to help with a Ketogenic diet I was on and I was very pleased with this syrup, It tastes very similar to regular maple syrup, the only noticeable difference is that sugary satisfaction you get with regular maple syrup. So I personally prefer the regular sugary maple syrup when not dieting. I particularly wanted sugar free for cinnamon French toast!
It was a little pricey but as with all things you get what to pay for and this for me was worth it! Report abuse. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item? ChocZero's Maple Syrup. Stevia extract is available in granular and liquid forms. Purified leaf extract is — times sweeter than sugar. Stevia extract sweetening products are available to purchase online.
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Epidemiological studies in many parts of the world support the hypotheses that increase in dental caries was associated with dietary changes. The classical evidence from Vipeholm, Hopewood house and Turku sugar studies has shown clearly the importance of diet in the carious process [ 1 ].
Many oral bacteria utilise sucrose, glucose, fructose and other simple sugars to produce organic acids lactic, acetic and propionic in sufficient concentration to lower the pH of plaque to levels that may result in some demineralisation of enamel [ 2 ]. Sucrose refined from sugar canes or sugar beets is the most common dietary sugar. A large variety of other common food like most breakfast cereals, many milk products, some meat and fish products, etc.
It is also naturally present in fruit [ 3 ]. Sucrose has been called the arch-criminal in dental caries Newbrun, [ 1 ]. This is because it is only from sucrose, that most oral bacteria can synthesise both soluble and insoluble extra-cellular polymers which increase the bulk of plaque and facilitate the attachment of bacteria, especially Streptococcus mutans.
Unlike other sugars, sucrose can serve directly as a glycosyl donor in the synthesis of extracellular polymers. The dietary sugars all diffuse into the plaque rapidly and are fermented to lactic and other acids or can be stored as intracellular polysaccharide by the bacteria.
The high free energy of hydrolysis of sucrose permits this reaction to proceed without other sources of energy. Thus, sucrose favours colonisation by oral microorganisms and increases the stickiness of the plaque, allowing it to adhere in larger quantities to the teeth. This property along with the high specificity of the enzymes involved in the synthesis of the extracellular polymers has led some workers to regard sucrose as having a unique role in caries.
Therefore, sucrose may be expected to be somewhat more cariogenic than other sugars [ 3 ]. The prevalence of dental caries in children is declining, but children at high risk of developing dental caries are still an important public health concern.
Dental caries has an age-specific characteristic in that ageing populations are also at risk of root caries. The use of non-cariogenic sweets can be recommended by professionals in these clinical settings as an important adjunct in reducing dental caries risk in these individuals. Many medicines have been found to have the side effect of producing a dry mouth xerostomia , and prolonged use of such drugs contributes to an increased risk of dental caries, using non-cariogenic chewing gum to promote salivation would be beneficial in these cases.
A sweetener is a food additive, which mimics the effect of sugar on taste. Therefore, they are called sugar substitutes [ 4 ]. Have sufficient sweetening power [ 1 ] [ 5 ]. Have no unpleasant aftertaste [ 1 ]. Be non-carcinogenic and non-mutagenic [ 1 ] [ 5 ]. Be reasonably inexpensive [ 1 ] [ 5 ]. Be thermostable i. Have little or no calories [ 5 ]. Sweeteners, which give food a sweet taste, are classified as carbohydrate sweeteners caloric and non-carbohydrate sweeteners non-caloric.
Sugar alcohols are erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol, lactitol, and reducing starch syrup [ 6 ]. The noncaloric sweetening agents are also called nonnutritive sweetening agents that have no caloric value and are not fermented by microorganisms of the oral cavity. The noncaloric sweeteners are generally much sweeter than sucrose and can, therefore, be used in smaller amounts. The high-intensity sweeteners are non-caloric, non-acidogenic. They are further divided into chemically synthesised sweeteners, including saccharin, aspartame and sucralose, and those obtained from plants, including stevioside, thaumatins, and monellin [ 7 ].
There is another way to classify the sweeteners, based on the time of origin. The newer sweeteners such as acesulfame-K, sucralose, alitame and neotame are categorised as second generation sweeteners [ 8 ].
The sweeteners approved by the Food and Drug Administration FDA of the United States are aspartame, acesulfame potassium, saccharin, sucralose and neotame only [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 9 ].
Also, stevia, a natural sweetener made from extracts of a plant, has been approved for limited use [ 10 ]. When the general health is concerned, sugar substitutes are a useful aid to maintain reduced energy intake and body weight and decrease the risk of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases compared with sugars.
Further, they also facilitate the maintenance of a nutritionally balanced diet by satisfying a diabetic person's desire for sweets and assisting in the control of caloric intake [ 4 ].
The dentist often has the opportunity to provide advice regarding the importance of diet and the role of sugars in caries formation.
Reducing the amount of sugar in the diet of humans, especially children, is an important consideration in preventing caries. Non-cariogenic sweeteners offer an alternative to sugar if used in moderation. The identification of new, safe, palatable, heat stable, non or low-caloric sweetener substitutes for the more cariogenic sugars such as sucrose, glucose, fructose and maltose would be extremely helpful in combating dental caries. The use of sucrose substitutes in sweets is believed to have contributed in part to the decline in the prevalence of dental caries in industrialised countries.
Interference with enamel demineralisation and an increase in enamel remineralisation [ 11 ]. Important benefits of sugar alcohols include their none or low fermentability in human dental plaque and their ability to promote remineralisation of demineralised enamel.
However, except for erythritol, the general demerits of sugar alcohols are side effects such as abdominal discomfort, flatulence, softened stools, and diarrhoea when taken in excess. Hence, they are not recommended for children less than three years of age [ 12 ]. It is moderately sweet about half that of sucrose and relatively inexpensive.
The failure of sorbitol to appreciably lower pH of plaque can be explained by the fact that, although Streptococcus mutans ferment sorbitol, the rate of acid production is much slower compared to other fermentable hexoses and disaccharides.
This permits salivary buffers to neutralise acid and end products as they are formed [ 5 ] [ 6 ]. Candies and chewing gum sweetened with sorbitol are available commercially.
Sorbitol-sweetened gums reported having low cariogenicity when they were chewed three times a day [ 12 ]. The sugar corresponding to xylitol is xylose. It is a non—fermentable, pleasant tasting, non—cariogenic polyol. It has sweetness similar to that of sucrose and has a cooling effect on the mouth. It is primarily used in chewing gum. Regular use of xylitol-containing chewing gum reduces the amount of dental plaque as well as increases the salivary flow [ 11 ]. Dental benefits of xylitol were first recognised in Finland.
The first chewing gum developed with the aim of reducing caries and improving oral health was released in Finland in and the United States shortly after. The first xylitol studies in humans known as the Turku Sugar studies demonstrated the relationship between dental plaque and xylitol as well as the safety of xylitol for human consumption [ 1 ] [ 3 ].
Xylitol reduces plaque formation and bacterial adherence i. The continuous-culture biofilm model showed that within a young biofilm, sucrose significantly promotes whereas xylitol reduces bacterial colonisation and proliferation. The results indicate that xylitol affects the ability of certain S. These mutants appear to shed more easily into saliva than the parent strains, resulting in a reduction of MS in plaque.
Xylitol has been credited in reducing the transmission of cariogenic bacteria from mother to infant and has been shown to have bactericidal qualities [ 12 ] [ 15 ]. A recent Cochrane review concluded that Xylitol also increases the production of saliva and reduces the growth of acidogenic bacteria in the oral cavity [ 16 ].
Xylitol currently is available in many forms e. Xylitol is approved for food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals in about 40 countries. It is used as a sweetener mainly in noncariogenic confectionery chewing gum, candies, gumdrops, in pharmaceutical products tablets, throat lozenges, vitamin tablets, cough syrup , and occasionally in dentifrices. A significant deterrent to the widespread use of xylitol as a sweetener is its cost, currently ten times that of sucrose [ 2 ].
Long lasting effects have been demonstrated up to years after years of using xylitol chewing gums [ 17 ]. Alanzi et al. They stated that majority of xylitol chewing gums sold on the GCC market do not provide the consumers with the recommended daily dose of xylitol for caries prevention.
They also recommended that clear, accurate labelling for xylitol chewing gums. AAPD Recommendations for the use of xylitol in caries prevention [ 17 ]:.
It supports the use of xylitol in caries prevention. Clinicians may recommend its use in moderate to high-risk caries patients. Chewing gums, mints and hard candies have been the predominant modality for xylitol delivery. In children above four years of age, the same dosage in an age-appropriate product such as chewing gums, mint or lozenges can be given.
A recent meta-analysis proved xylitol to be an effective self-applied caries preventive agent [ 19 ]. Lactitol is disaccharide alcohol of galactose and sorbitol obtained by the dehydrogenation of lactose. It is not easily metabolised by acidogenic and polysaccharide forming oral microorganisms [ 1 ] [ 5 ]. Maltitol also termed reducing maltose, is disaccharide alcohol of glucose and sorbitol obtained by the hydrogenation of maltose.
In-vivo studies have shown that maltitol does not lower plaque pH [ 20 ]. A recent study showed that maltitol in chewing gums significantly reduced the concentration of cariogenic bacterial species S. Aspartame sold under the brand names of Nutrasweet and Equal, is a dipeptide methyl ester discovered in by James Schaltter. It is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener [ 4 ]. Aspartame was accidentally discovered to have a pronounced sweet taste, is about times sweeter than sucrose in aqueous solution [ 1 ].
Aspartame was the first sweetener to be approved by the FDA in It is the most commonly used non-cariogenic artificial sweetener. Its primary use is in diet soft drinks, yoghurt, puddings, gelatin and snack foods [ 5 ].
The manufacturers are required to label aspartame and to indicate that it contains phenylalanine, and its intake is restricted for individuals with phenylketonuria.
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