Sweet and low-calorie: how carbonated drinks labeled “zero” are made
Probably every popular drink has a lower calorie analogue. You can recognize it by the “0 calories” or “sugar free” mark on the packaging.
Is it true that they don't contain a single gram of sugar? How is that even possible?
Everyone knows that drinks and products with a sweet taste, but without sugar in their composition, are produced using sugar substitutes.
Sweeteners provide flavor but not calories because they are mostly synthetic.
This means that such supplements are not absorbed by the body and therefore lack any energy value.
However, in addition to the advantages (primarily zero calories), sugar substitutes also have disadvantages.
So, there is still no clear answer to the question of the safety of synthetic sweeteners.
Therefore, if you do not trust artificial sugar substitutes, choose products and drinks containing natural sugar substitutes - fructose, sorbitol, xylitol, stevia, etc. They, unlike the above-mentioned, are absorbed by the body, and do not cause the development of caries.
