JimJams 83% Less Sugar Hazelnut Chocolate Spread 350g £2 @Sainsbury's

Tastes delicious, I doubt a bit of maltitol is worse than what's in the air we breathe or the water we drink. Everything is chemicals these days because we have polluted up the planet so bad. Even if you went to a remote uninhabited part of the Arctic and ate the snow, that still has microplatics in it.

I was curious to see what this was about, with its 83% less sugar claims .

DescriptionHazelnut Chocolate Spread with Sweeteners (Maltitol)

Lovingly crafted
Great taste 2015
JimJams products contain naturally occurring sugars
Kinder on teeth
83% less sugar
Gluten free

83% Less* Sugar
*Hazelnut Chocolate Spread with 83% less sugar than leading brands

Maltitol is kinder on teeth, contains fewer calories than sugar and has a lesser effect on blood glucose levels!

"As a mum, I was shocked at the amount of sugar in the best selling chocolate spreads.
Our mission was to create an even more delicious tasting spread, with a fraction (83% less!) of sugar"
Kellie Bath, Mum & Co-Founder of JimJams Spreads

For more tasty recipe ideas visit us at jimjams-spreads.co.uk

Excessive consumption may cause a laxative effect.

Ingredients

• Maltitol,
• Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm),
• Hazelnuts 13%,
• Fat Reduced Cocoa,
• Skimmed Milk Powder,
• Whey Powder (Milk),
• Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin),
• Natural Flavouring

Dietary Information

No Added Sugar

For allergens see ingredients in bold

Free From Gluten
Contains Hazelnuts
Contains Milk

Allergy Advice
Made and packed in a factory that handles other tree Nuts, Peanuts and Soy

ManufacturerJimJams Spreads Ltd,
PO Box 12312,
Halstead,
CO9 9AX,
UK.

Country of OriginCountry of origin: Belgium
Made in Belgium

Maltitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sugar substitute. It has 75–90% of the sweetness of sucrose and nearly identical properties, except for browning. It is used to replace table sugar because it is half as energetic, does not promote tooth decay, and has a somewhat lesser effect on blood glucose

After eating maltitol, some people experience stomach pains and gas. It also can act similarly to a laxative and cause diarrhea. The severity of these side effects depends on how much of it you eat and how your body reacts to it. There aren't any other major health concerns with using maltitol or other sugar alcohols.

Don't think I'll be eating this.

So the main ingredient is a sweetener?!

Maltitol is definitely fine in relatively small doses. I try avoid going above 20g per day as I've noticed that's when the "laxative" effects take place, although not necessarily laxative in my own personal experience but more the stool itself is very sticky. And yes I'm talking about poo on a chocolate spread post, sue me.