1972 Volume 30 Issue 4 Pages 145-152
Dietotherapy is regarded as a basic remedy for diabetes. Sorbitol based sweeteners are principally used currently by the diabetes. The newly introduced maltitol, which is a disaccharide alcohol produced by hydrogenating maltose, is recognized as being non-decomposable in intestinal tracts and also as being non-utilizable in vivo.
The reporters performed the tests with normal and diabetic testees. The results of maltitol preference tests with “Zenzai”, a sweetened thick bean soup, using sucrose as control showed no significant differences in the intensity and quality of sweetness, whereas a lower increase in blood sugar level was observed with maltitol. Further more, 50g maltitol-tolerance test using glucose as control to determine the variation of blood sugar and immunoreactive insulin showed that the effects of maltitol were lower than those of glucose. As for side effects, no unfavourable effect was noticed.
Based on the above findings the reporters concluded that maltitol is a useful sweetener for the diabetes.
