They are sugar alcohols.
This is some nutritional value I found on it:
Low in calories: Lactitol is not metabolized like a carbohydrate (or like sugar) and therefore does not contribute the usual 4 calories per gram. Lactitol is metabolized in the large intestine and yields, according to tests, only 2 calories per gram. The Scientific Committee for Food of the European Union has provided a Nutrition Labeling Directive stating that all sugar alcohols, including lactitol, have a caloric value of 2.4 calories per gram. Canada has assigned a 2.6 caloric value to lactitol.
Personally, I stay away from sugar alcohol products. Remember, they still have calories, AND fat!
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