The frosting is whipped avocado with powdered xylitol (for Austin's cupcake I used powdered sugar, because babies can not
digest sugar alcohols).
They do have a sugar alcohol, erythritol, that can cause some gas and bloating for individuals who struggle to
digest sugar alcohols.
Even us as adults have a pretty hard time
digesting sugar alcohols.
Not exact matches
Fermented foods have been preserved or produced by the action of microorganisms like bacteria and yeasts, which
digest sugars, turning it into gasses, acids or
alcohol... I know, I'm not really selling it.
The easiest
sugar alcohol to
digest — more than 90 % of erythritol is absorbed in the small intestine, so minimal amounts reach the colon where other
sugar alcohols end up causing diarrhea and other symptoms.
Sucrose is most easy to
digest by the yeasts; they consume the
sugar and put out CO2 (carbon dioxide, i.e. the bubbles in your booch) & ethanol (
alcohol).
I'm not a fan of
sugar alcohols as sweeteners (xylitol, erythritol, etc) as they don't
digest fully and for some (not all) people can cause digestive issues.
Some foods don't fully
digest in your small intestine: fructose, sorbitol (a
sugar alcohol used as a substitute for
sugar), legumes, fiber, complex carbohydrates such as wheat, and foods containing lactose (if you lack the enzymes to process them, as many of us do).
This
sugar alcohol, although it can not be
digested by the body, helps balance
sugar and water levels in stools, enabling them to pass through the digestive tract more easily and with significantly less pain.
It's important to note that
sugar alcohol is not fully
digested by the body and can lead to abdominal pain, cramping, or gas.
Many
sugar - free gums are also sweetened with
sugar alcohols that are harder to
digest, such as sorbitol, mannitol, and xylitol.
Sugary treats can contain
sugar substitutes and
sugar alcohols — such as those found in low calorie and low carb foods such as cookies, energy bars, cakes, diet drinks and sweets can actually cause bloating, abdominal distension and gas as they are not easily
digested.
We do not have any experience with sorbitol or maltitol — however several sources report that sorbitol really has no other health benefits, and maltitol is higher on the glycemic index and is the most difficult of the
sugar alcohols to
digest.
Sorbitol, a
sugar -
alcohol in apple juice, is difficult to
digest.
Some may fare fine cutting out
sugar, gluten, dairy,
alcohol (hard to
digest foods) but leaving in starchy carbs.
As far as I understand anything that has a lot (or maybe it's just easily
digested)
sugars would create
alcohol or at least yeast, instead of probiotics?