No 5 Vol 11. This is a new term for what usually is called a sugar alcohol. Sugar replacers contain calories and carbohydrate but are absorbed slowly by the body. They tend not to raise the blood glucose level like sugar. To metabolize them, the body does not need insulin.
Common names are sorbitol, mannitol and hydrogenated starch hydrolysate.
Less common names are isomalt, lactitol and maltitol. They have about two to three calories per gram versus sugar's four calories per gram. Unlike most sugar substitutes, sugar replacers give a food volume and texture. They stay sweet when heated and make a food less likely to spoil since they absorb less moisture. Some sugar replacers alone are less sweet than sugar.