Polydextrose is a food ingredient classified as soluble fiber and is frequently used to increase the fiber content of food, replace sugar, reduce calories and reduce fat content. It is a multi-purpose food ingredient synthesized from dextrose, plus about 10 percent sorbitol and 1 percent citric acid. Its E number is E1200. The US FDA approved it in 1981. HistoryCommercial manufacture of edible polydextrose originated with a process developed by Hans H. Rennhard. Commercial UsesPolydextrose is commonly used as a replacement for sugar, starch, and fat in commercial cakes, candies, dessert mixes, gelatins, frozen desserts, puddings, and salad dressings. Polydextrose is frequently used as an ingredient in low-carb, sugar-free and diabetic cooking recipes. It's also used as a humectant, stabiliser and thickening agent.Polydextrose is a form of soluble fiber and has significant healthful prebiotic benefits. It contains only 1 kcal per gram and therefore is able to help reduce calories.Polydextrose is known in the US by the brand names Litesse, Sta-Lite, and Trimcal.

Here are some yummy diabetic dessert recipes for you to cook, either for yourself, a member of your family, or visitors to your home.

More and more children are now facing obesity and Type-2 diabetes, so how do we get our kids to eat healthy, especially when they're not at home? As CBS 2 HD recently found out, there's a school in Greenwich that's trying to change the trend by banning certain food.

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Saturday night is usually dessert time, and no wonder why each year people are increasingly becoming diabetic. But pause your sugar-free diet first as I introduce to you the lastest Hemisphere in town.Hemisphere is made of Giandiay dark chocolate cone filled within them are choco moose. To create a balance of the all choco cone and filling, is