Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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> On Tue 03 Jun 2008 04:11:26a, Phideaux told us...
>
> > Does "Erythritol" ring a bell? It makes me fart nonstop for several
> > hours everytime I ingest it.
>
> No, that one I've not heard of, though I'm sure I've consumed it in
> something. It's often hard to escape al lot of these things.

It's a common additive to meat products, such as sausage.
It is the oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

It's hard to imagine anyone reacting badly to it
at low doses. I concur that he's probably confused
it with maltitol or sorbitol.

As far as I know, it isn't added to anything that
isn't a processed meat product of some type.