cooking w/sugar alcohols

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I would like to start cooking food with sugar alcohols in
them, but I don't know where to buy them in the store. I
did find this sugar-free maple syrup that has them, but
I'd like more options. Any ideas where to get these things

I've done quite little cooking with sugar alcohols, but,
from what I've read, I think that, often, the result is not
exactly the same as one will get from using sucrose (typical
table sugar). One can get bulk erythritol (probably the best
of the alcohol sugars for glycemic effect and GI effects) at
beyond-a-century.com.

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Quoted message said:

I've done quite little cooking with sugar alcohols, but,
from what I've read, I think that, often, the result is not
exactly the same as one will get from using sucrose
(typical table sugar). One can get bulk erythritol
(probably the best of the alcohol sugars for glycemic
effect and GI effects) at beyond-a-century.com.

I've baked with both xylitol and erythritol. Xylitol ends up
being identical to sugar in baking, for bulking and
sweetness. Erythritol ends up gritty, like having sand in
your cheesecake. I've seen a specially fine ground version
offered, but haven't tried it yet.

Susan

Quoted message said:

I would like to start cooking food with sugar alcohols in
them, but I don't know where to buy them in the store. I
did find this sugar-free maple syrup that has them,

Hm? Do you mean an imitation maple syrup? Real male syrup
shouldn't have any added ingredients.

Quoted message said:

but I'd like more options. Any ideas where to get
these things

I found xylitol at a local health food store, might have
been Whole Foods. Haven't tried it yet.

Glycerine/glycerol isn't exactly a sugar alcohol in spite
of the name. I found some at a small health food store, in
the cosmetic section, very cheap. I like it a lot, tastes
like strong honey, or the nectar in trumpet vine flowers,
and feels healthier to me than sugar. Haven't tried cooking
with it much.

Actually after just a little glycerine I lost my taste for
regular sugar, pastas, etc and went low carb! Dunno how long
that will last. :-)