Sugar Alcohol Erythritol - "No Gastric Disturbance"

I think I have mentioned that there is very little sugar free stuff here in Japan. My wife and I were discussing importing some Splenda and then we found out that they sell little bags of Erythritol here. Assuming it's available in the states, but the stuff is pretty miraculous. It's almost zero carb and calorie. Tastes great - like sugar, with a slight brown surgary flavor. 

Best part is, it's not supposed to cause any diarrhea or gas:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol

Dave

You are not planning,..er um, a premeditated binge or splenda/sugar alcohol OD,...are you notDave??? You can think about it but pleassseee, don't do it!

Haha...nothing like that, Joe! Just that my wife likes to make desserts and keep them right here in front of me, so I'm trying to get her to make low carb desserts. Next project is home made sugar free lemon popsickles.

I think I can eventually get her to make stuff with Erythritol, nuts and soybean meal.

Dave

Dave, Very interesting, thanks for sharing.  If it doesn't cause gas, where do I get it.  Between my wife and myself, the gas lately has been terrible.  Didn't understand why until I read your post. 

Floyd

Hi Floyd,

I know what you mean. I switched to a protein that contained Sucralose and noticed quite a bit more gas. I've been using this one for a couple of days and even large quantities don't seem to cause gas or diarrhea.

iherb is a reputable company that carries it for about $9.00 a lb. They have shipped stuff to us here in Japan and have always been good. Their shipping charges here always seem to be reasonable figured. Definitely one of the better ones:

Here's the link to the stuff at iherb:

http://www.iherb.com/ProductDetails.aspx?c=1&pid=579&at=0

Dave