Comment by nerdsniper

Less “may” and more “medical consensus is that it absolutely does”. This is actually quite well studied.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44623976

Edit, feeding the sea-lion: Cleveland Clinic has called for a re-evaluation of erythritol's "GRAS" status:

> the present findings suggest that discussion of whether erythritol should be reevaluated as a food additive with the Generally Recognized as Safe designation is warranted.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.321...

> erythritol may not be as safe as currently classified by food regulatory agencies and should be reevaluated as an ingredient

https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2024/08/08/cleveland-cl...