Last update April 17, 2016
Compatible
We do not have alternatives for E420 since it is relatively safe.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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E420 is also known as Sorbitol. Here it is a list of alternative known names::
E420 in other languages or writings:
Main tradenames from several countries containing E420 in its composition:
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by IHAN of Spain
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Polyhydric alcohol derived from sugar which is found naturally in corn and some fruits with half sweetening power than sucrose.
It is not found in breast milk. Affected patients with Hereditary Fructose Intolerance become symptomatic with the introduction of fruits that contain fructose, sucrose or sorbitol during weaning.
At latest update no published data were found on excretion into breast milk.
Its low intestinal absorption makes it unlikely the passage of significant amounts into breast milk and the subsequent absorption by the infant.