Consumers say they regularly use low-calorie, sugar free foods and beverages to stay in better overall health and want more from which to choose. Low-calorie, sugar free products, as part of a sugar free diet, can easily replace higher calorie foods and beverages to meet this consumer demand. A group of reduced-calorie sweeteners known as polyols (or sugar alcohols) provide some unique qualities to reduced-calorie products. These sweeteners are neither sugars nor alcohols. Instead, they are a group of low-digestible carbohydrates. These sweeteners taste like sugar but have several special advantages.  As part of a sugar free diet, polyols assist in the maintenance of good oral health, aid in weight loss or weight maintenance, and reduce overall dietary glycemic load. For more details on polyols, please visit the links provided on this site.