Erythritol, a matsayin nau'in barasa na sukari, barasa ce ta halitta da ake samu a cikin guna, fungi, soya miya, giya, da sauran barasa masu sukari, irin su xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol, asalin sukari ne. [1] Don haka, a cikin abincinmu na yau da kullun, duk muna cinye wannan sinadari ko ka?an. Tun a shekara ta 1848, masanin kimiyyar sinadarai dan kasar Scotland John Stenhouse ya gano wannan sinadari, kuma ya yi nasarar ware shi a shekarar 1952.

Masana kimiyya sun gano cewa erythritol ba wai kawai yana da zakin sucrose na kashi 60-70% ba kuma yana da adadin kuzari 0.21 kacal a kowace gram na makamashi [3], haka nan kuma yana haifar da sauyi kadan a cikin sukarin jini a jikin dan Adam, domin bayan shan erythritol, yawancinsa yana tsotsewa kuma yana fitar da shi cikin fitsari. [4] Saboda wannan sifa, samfuran abinci da abin sha da yawa suna amfani da erythritol azaman madadin sucrose.

Ya zuwa yanzu, erythritol ya sami karbuwa sosai kuma ana amfani da shi sosai a kasuwannin duniya da na kasar Sin, kuma fiye da yankuna da kasashe 60 sun amince da amfani da sinadarin erythritol a cikin abinci, ciki har da Turai, Amurka, Japan, Kanada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Rasha, Indiya, Australia da New Zealand. Ana amfani da shi azaman ?anyen kayan marmari daban-daban kamar abubuwan sha, taunawa, cakulan, alewa, gidan burodi da abinci na lafiya.

Bugu da ?ari, wa?annan fa'idodin erythritol suma sun kafa matsayinta azaman tauraro mai maye gurbin sukari:

Na farko, za?i na tsarki erythritol da sucrose yana da kusanci sosai ga halaye masu da?i, suna wartsakewa kuma ba su da ?an?ano, kuma ba su da “?arfe” na wasu kayan zaki na roba, [5] yana inganta daidaiton ingancin abin sha.

Na biyu, erythritol wanda ba shi da glycemic a jikin dan Adam shima ya sha bamban da sauran barasa masu sikari, kusan kashi 90% na erythritol a cikin jiki bayan shiga cikin karamin hanji yana shiga cikin jini, sannan daga cikin fitsari, kusan kashi 10% ne kawai ya shiga cikin hanjin, a karshe za a fitar da shi. [4] Wannan yana ba wa wa?anda ba su iya cin sukari wani za?i don sake dandana za?i.

Na uku, hana caries hakori, kare lafiyar baki erythritol yana da amfani ga lafiyar baki, erythritol ba zai zama mai narkewa ta hanyar kwayoyin cuta ba, kuma yana da tasirin hana streptococcus, bincike ya nuna cewa erythritol na iya rage samar da plaque na hakori, kuma yana iya hana lalata hakora. Yawancin lollipops na yara, alewa na yara za su yi amfani da erythritol azaman tushen zaki.

4. High solubility zafi da low hygroscopic erythritol yana da low hygroscopic dukiya, mai kyau crystallization, kuma yana da sauki murkushe cikin foda kayayyakin. Kayayyakin sa na hygroscopic shine mafi ?an?anta tsakanin barasa masu sukari da masu za?i sucrose. Maganin zafi na erythritol shine -97.4J/g. Saboda tsananin zafi mai zafi, yana ?aukar ?arin kuzari lokacin da aka narkar da shi cikin ruwa kuma yana da tasirin sanyaya mai ?arfi. M abinci da kayan zaki da aka samar da shi suna da ?an?ano mai da?i idan an ci. [6]

A gaskiya ma, yawancin sassan gida da suka dace sun gudanar da cikakken kimantawa game da shi kuma sun tabbatar da lafiyar erythritol. Bangaren kasa da kasa, Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO), Hukumar Kula da Abinci da Magunguna ta Amurka (FDA), Hukumar Kula da Abinci ta Turai (EFSA), da dai sauransu, sun tabbatar da amincinta, kuma Cibiyar Nazarin Abinci da Abinci (AND) ta hada da erythritol a matsayin wani bangare na ingantaccen abinci.

A cikin maye gurbin sukari na halitta, a zahiri, akwai kuma maki "mafi girma".

Misali, xylitol wani zaki ne na halitta wanda aka samo daga birch, itacen oak, masara, bagasse da sauran albarkatun shuka, wanda ake amfani da shi sosai a cikin abinci masu ciwon sukari kuma sanannen sanannen madadin sukari ne na halitta.

Duk da haka, "tsarin samarwa" na xylitol har yanzu yana da wasu gazawa: har yanzu yawancin masana'antu acid hydrolysis ne, wanda ba shi da cikakken "na halitta". Bugu da ?ari, ko da yake caloric da glycemic index na xylitol ba su da yawa, amma ba "sifili ba", kuma yawan amfani da shi yana iya haifar da mummunan halayen kamar kumburi da zawo, kuma ha?uri ya yi ?asa.

Sabanin haka, erythritol shima “na halitta ne kuma lafiyayye” daga mahangar tsari, kuma yana daya daga cikin ‘yan barasa na sukari da aka samar da kwayoyin halitta.

Ba shi da wuya a gano cewa maye gurbin sukari irin su erythritol, wanda ya fi dacewa a cikin abun da ke ciki da kuma samarwa, har yanzu shine za?i na farko ga yawancin masu amfani don cimma "'yanci mai dadi".