There is considerable interest in the effect of foods containing high intensity sweeteners on satiation. However, less is known about low-calorie bulk sweeteners such as erythritol. In this randomized three-way crossover study, we studied 10 lean and 10 obese volunteers who consumed three test meals on separate occasions: (a) control sucrose meal; (b) isovolumic meal with partial replacement of...

Randomly labeled erythritol-14C has been synthesized and incubated with fluoride-poisoned suspensions of dried cells of Propionibacterium pentosoceum. Therefrom labeled glycerol-d-P, glyceric acid-j-P, erythritol-l-P, ribose-5-P, xyhalose-5-P, glucose-6-P, fructosed-P, mannosed-P, fructose-1 ,6-di-P, and sedoheptulose-7-P were isolated. Erythritol-W-1-P accumulated more rapidly than did the oth...

BACKGROUND Erythritol is a polyol that is used in the food and beverage industry. Due to its non-caloric and non-cariogenic properties, the popularity of this sweetener is increasing. Large scale production of erythritol is currently based on conversion of glucose by selected fungi. In this study, we describe a biotechnological process to produce erythritol from light and CO2, using engineered ...

Erythritol has been used since 1990 in Japan as a component of candies, sugar substitutes, chocolates, Erythritol is a four-carbon sugar alcohol (polyol) that soft drinks, chewing gum, jellies, jams, and yogurt has a sweetness 60 to 80% that of sucrose (Sugita and (Mitsubishi and Nikken, 1996). These uses amount to Yamazaki, 1988; Goossens and Röper, 1994) and is ina per capita consumption in J...

A genetic locus encoding erythritol uptake and catabolism genes was identified in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae, and shown to be plasmid encoded in a wide range of R. leguminosarum strains. A Tn5-B22 mutant (19B-3) unable to grow on erythritol was isolated from a mutant library of R. leguminosarum strain VF39SM. The mutated gene eryF was cloned and partially sequenced, and determined to ha...

Serratia marcescens grew on a basal medium containing 0.5% erythritol as sole source of carbon for growth and energy. Only an occasional strain of Enterobacter aerogenes among several members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were able to utilize erythritol.

BACKGROUND Rebaudioside A and erythritol are nonnutritive sweeteners. There have been several studies of their glycemic effects, but the outcomes remain controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the glycemic effects of rebaudioside A and erythritol as a sweetener in people with glucose intolerance. METHODS This trial evaluated the glycemic effect after 2 weeks of consumption of...

Polyol accumulation and metabolism were examined in Aspergillus oryzae cultured on whole wheat grains or on wheat dough as a model for solid-state culture. In solid-state fermentation (SSF), water activity (a(w)) is typically low resulting in osmotic stress. In addition to a high level of mannitol, which is always present in the cells, A. oryzae accumulated high concentrations of glycerol, eryt...

The development of a low glycemic index (GI) coconut milk ice cream by replacing 12% sucrose with different low GI sweeteners (xylitol, erythritol, inulin and fructose) was investigated. Three mixtures of sweeteners (6.2% xylitol + 7% inulin, 4% erythritol + 7% inulin + 2.15% fructose, 8.5% inulin + 5% fructose) were reformulated to obtain the similar characteristics as using 12% sucrose, inclu...