isomalt

Maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol, erythritol, and isomalt are some of the more common types.

Therefore, isomalt is advised to not be consumed in quantities larger than about 50 g per day for adults and 25 g for children.

As with other dietary fibers, regular consumption of isomalt might eventually lead one to become desensitized to it, decreasing the risk of stomach upset.

They are also used as artificial sweeteners and include isomalt, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol and xylitol.

There are also three sugarless variants that use isomalt as a sugar substitute: the original caramel flavour, a caramel coffee swirl, and a caramel mint swirl.

They include: Sorbitol Mannitol Xylitol Isomalt Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates "Too much of those particular diet sweeteners will upset the stomach," says Dr. Bornstein.

Hard candies and throat lozenges prepared without sugar employ isomalt as a sugar substitute, and are sweetened further by the addition of an artificial sweetener, such as aspartame, or a sugar alcohol, such as xylitol.

AT David Burke's Primehouse, a weeks-old steakhouse in Chicago, the house vodka martini is garnished with a lollipop - a lollipop made from "reduced olive brine, olive flavoring and salt crystallized in isomalt" that is stuffed with blue cheese, according to its creator, Eben Klemm.