Werther's Originals

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Nutrition facts Werther's Original Sugar Free

Serving Size 5 Pieces (15g)
Calories 40 Calories from Fat 10
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0.5g 3%
Cholesterol <5mg 0%
Sodium 55mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 14g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Isomalitol 13g (sugar alcohol ,laxative effect!!!)
Protein 0g

Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 0%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on you calorie needs.

Calories: 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less than 65g 80g
Sat Fat Less than 20g 25g
Cholesterol Less than 300mg 300mg
Sodium Less than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carbohydrate 300g 375g
Dietary Fiber 25g 30g

Ingredients: Isomalt, Butter, Cream, Salt, Flavoring, Emulsifiers Polysorbate and Soy Lecithin, Sweetener Acesulfame K.

Werther’s Original Sugar Free Hard candy 40 calories; Regular Werther’s Original Hard candy 60 calories per serving.

Allergy information:
Contains milk and soybeans.

Excess consumption may have a laxative effect.

* Serving size: 5 pieces of Werther’s Original Sugar Free Hard Candies equal 1 serving and provide 40 calories
* Carbohydrate: 14 grams, primarily from Isomalt
* If using the Exchange List for Meal Planning, 1 carbohydrate choice = 15 grams of carbohydrate

5 pieces of Werther's Original Sugar Free Hard Candies = ½ carbohydrate choice (based primarily on lower energy value due to incomplete digestion)

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I'm sorry Jimmy but that is apalling and extremely irresponsible advice for a type 1 to be giving a type 2. You might be able to get away with the high blood sugar levels present in polyols by injecting more insulin, but type 2s can't do that and will simply OD on glucose.

Food manufacturers are able to get away with claims that their sweets are "sugar free" because they don't contain sucrose, so their claim is technically correct. But what they use instead is sugar alcohols (aka polyols), technically not sugar but worse for blood sugar increases than sugar. When you eat sugar 50% of it becomes glucose and 50% becomes fructose. The carbohydrate value of polyols varies but most of them contain 75% of the carb value of sugar - but all of this converts into glucose. So 10g of sugar produces 5g of glucose that will raise your BS. 10g of polyols will raise your glucose by 7.5g.