Maltitol is is a carbohydrate, a sugar alcohol made of glucose and sorbitol.It has a clean, pleasant taste and offers good humidity and moisture control, which stabilizes products, and improves texture and mouthfeel. It has an energy value of 2.4 kcal/g, compared to full-calorie sweeteners’ 4 kcal/g.

  Maltitol is not digested and absorbed in the small intestine so it travel to the large intestine where beneficial intestinal bacteria break it (ferment) into gases and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which may be beneficial for the colonic lining. Maltitol can provide 2.1 kilocalories per gram 

グラムあたりのカロリー= 2.1
血糖指数（GI）= 45
スクロースと比較して甘さ= 75％
ネット炭水化物=ゼロ

スクロースとして1.75％甘い;無視できる冷却効果
2.低吸湿性 - 相対湿度が約85％に達するまで、空気から水分を容易に引き付けることはありません
3. 25°Cでの水への溶解度は60 g/100 g溶液です
4.融点144-152°C
5.調理中にカラメル化やメイラードブラウニング反応を受けません
6. 160°Cで分解しません