エリトリトールの栄養表示については国によって異なる。日本や一部の欧州連合加盟国では、「ゼロカロリー」と表記されている[10]。アメリカ食品医薬品局(The Food and Drug Administration, FDA)による表示要件は、カロリー数値は0.2kcal/gである。FDAは、一般に認められているエリトリトールの安全性については独自の判定を下してはいないが、複数の食品製造会社から提出されたエリトリトールに対して「GRAS」(「Generally Recognized As Safe」, 「おおむね安全である、と認められる」)と認定している[11]。
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^The discovery of erythritol, which Stenhouse called "erythroglucin", was announced in: Stenhouse, J. (January 1, 1848). “Examination of the proximate principles of some of the lichens”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London138: 63–89; see especially p. 76. doi:10.1098/rstl.1848.0004.
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^ abcdefScientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources Added to Food, European Food Safety Authority (2015). “Scientific Opinion on the safety of the proposed extension of use of erythritol (E 968) as a food additive”. EFSA Journal13 (3): 4033. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4033. ISSN1831-4732., Quote: "In 2003, the European Union (EU) Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) concluded that erythritol is safe for use in foods. [...] the SCF opinion stated that the laxative threshold may be exceeded, especially by young consumers, [...] the ANS Panel concluded that the acute bolus consumption of erythritol via non-alcoholic beverages at a maximum level of 1.6 % would not raise concerns for laxation."
^(2008) European Commission Directive 2008/100/EC. Quote: "Erythritol is a polyol, and according to the current rules as provided for in Article 5(1) of Directive 90/496/EEC, its energy would be calculated using the conversion factor for polyols, namely 10 kJ/g (2,4 kcal/g). Using this energy conversion factor would not fully inform the consumer about the reduced energy value of a product achieved by the use of erythritol in its manufacture. The Scientific Committee on Food in its opinion on erythritol, expressed on March 5, 2003, noted that the energy provided by erythritol was less than 0,9 kJ/g (less than 0,2 kcal/g). Therefore it is appropriate to adopt a suitable energy conversion factor for erythritol. Current regulations (Reg. (EC) 1169/2011) preserve this conversion factor at 0 kcal/g for energy value calculation purposes."
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^ abStorey, D.; Lee, A.; Bornet, F.; Brouns, F. (Mar 2007). “Gastrointestinal tolerance of erythritol and xylitol ingested in a liquid”. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition61 (3): 349–54. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602532. PMID16988647.
^Fickers, P; Carly, F (8 February 2018). “Erythritol production by yeasts: a snapshot of current knowledge”. Yeast35 (7): 455–466. doi:10.1002/yea.3306. ISSN1097-0061. PMID29322598.