What’s the difference between Xylitol and Erythritol?
Xylitol is as sweet as sugar, Erythritol is about 70% as sweet as sugar. Xylitol is seven on the glycemic index, erythritol is zero. Xylitol has 2.4 calories per teaspoon and erythritol has .2 calories per teaspoon. Excessive use of xylitol can cause mild digestive discomfort while erythritol has the highest digestive tolerance of all sugar alcohols.