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Glucitol(E420)

Level 2 — Generally safeIn Winter's Dictionary

Glucitol is a natural sweetener — Anticaking, humectant, nutritive sweetener, stabilizer, thickener

Also: Sorbitol, Sorbol

What it does

Anticaking, humectant, nutritive sweetener, stabilizer, thickener

Where you'll see it

Baked goods, candy, chewing gum, frankfurters, frozen dairy, jams, sausage

What the research says

Mildly toxic by ingestion and may cause diarrhea.

Regulatory status

  • US FDA: GRAS
  • EU: approved

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): mildly toxic by ingestion and may cause diarrhea