Dear Lilia,
The FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 77 (http://www.fao.org/uploads/media/FAO_2003_Food_Energy_02.pdf) gives the background and some energy factors for calculation of food energy.
The Dutch Voedingsraad (Nutrition Council) has published a report on the energy value of sugar alcohols, see attached copy.
The Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32011R1169) contains in Annex XIV the conversion factors to be used in food labelling in Europe.
There are several other online sources available; here are some links found with Google Scholar::
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/129/7/1436S.full
http://www.inocua.org/site/Archivos/investigaciones/FOS-1.pdf
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I hope this answers some of your questions.
All the best,
Anders
Anders Møller
Danish Food Informatics
Borgediget 12
DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Subject: Question about values kcal/g for polyols and other compounds
QUESTION
Dear All : Please I want to bother you if any of you can help me about the values kcal/ gram assigned, aproved or recommended to use for different compounds present or added to foods as some organic acids, polyols, etc. according to the following list. Also the literature references about the origin of these values will be a very appreciated information for me :
Organic acids as acetic, lactic, citric, butyric, ? kcal/g
Polyols (Sorbitol, xylitol, maltitol, isomaltitol, lactitol, mannitol) ? kcal/g
Erythritol ? kcal/g
Tagatose ? kcal/g
Allulose ? kcal/g
Soluble Fiber in general ? kcal/g
Insoluble Fiber in general ? kcal/g
Fructooligosacarides ? kcal/g
Inulin ? kcal/g
Polidextrose ? kcal/g
Many thanks in advance if any of you can help me with this question. With my best regards,
Dr. Lilia Masson
Chilean Food Composition Net, LATINFOODS Branch
Santiago, Chile
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