erythritol

Erythritol is a naturally occurring sugar alcohol found in some fruits and fermented products.

Join host Cameron English as he sits down Dr. Chuck Dinerstein to break down these stories on Episode 37 of the Science Dispatch podcast:

Today’s villain is erythritol, a naturally occurring “sugar-alcohol” (polyols) used as a sweetener. It is not as sweet as sucrose, so it is typically used in far higher amounts in the “food chain” than in our fruits and vegetables.

When middle school student Simon Kaschock-Marenda tested the effects of different sugars and sugar substitutes on fruit flies