sugar alcohols are popular in sugar-free gums and mints. They
are less sweet than sucrose.
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Sugar alcohols do not contain ethanol (the stuff you drink).
The simplest sugar alcohol, ethylene glycol, is the sweet but
notoriously toxic chemical used in antifreeze. The higher sugar
alcohols are for the most part nontoxic.
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yes
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All alcohols contain sugar because alcohol itself is a refined
type of sugar, that's why it has so many calories.
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Solomon Gershon has written:
'The catalytic dehydrogenation of sugar alcohols ..' --
subject(s): Alcohols, Catalysis, Dehydrogenation