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Sorbitol is a sugar substitute . It may be listed under the inactive ingredients listed for some foods and products.
Sorbitol is referred to as a nutritive Sweetener because it provides dietary energy: 2.6 kilocalories (11 kilojoules) per gramversus the average 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules) for carbohydrates. It is often used in diet foods (including diet drinks and ice cream), mints, cough syrups, and sugar-free chewing gum.
It also occurs naturally in many stone fruits and berries from trees of the genus Sorbus .