What are sugar-free sweets actually made from?
I was eating a sugar-free "Polo mint" the other day and the question popped into my mind "So, if this isn't sugar.... what is it??"
I understand they use an artificial sweetener (Sorbitol), and Magnesium Stearate as a lubricant, but these don't explain what is the BULK of the sweet actually made from?
A Google session came up with a lot of people asking this question (about sugar free sweets in general) but no solid (!) answers.
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It appears that he main ingredients of sugar free Polo Mints are:
Sorbitol - a non-sugar (technically a sugar alcohol) sweetener with less calories per gram than sucrose, about 2.6 kilo-calories per gram compared to sugar's 3.9. E420 in Europe.
Magnesium stearate - this appears to not be metabolizable. E470b in Europe.
Mint oils
I did a quick check of UK labeling laws, and it appears all ingredients must be listed.
So the answer is: the sugar substitute itself, sorbitol provides some of the bulk of the candy, with most of the rest being the magnesium stearate.
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