sugar alcohol

i have some foods that contain "sugar alcohol."  ive read online that it is more like a carb than true alcohol.  Should I be putting this in the "alcohol" spot when creating my own nutrition label??  Or should i add it to my carb total??  Or should i ignore it??  im confused because i feel as though my daily percentages are skewed because it says i consumed 4% alcohol for the day!!

You don't really absorb sugar alcohol. What you do absorb contains few calories anyways.

But if I had to log it, I would put it under 'other.'

so its not really alcohol and i can leave it out of my nutritional assessment?

Sugar alcohols ARE true alcohols, in the chemistry sense. They don't get you drunk (ethanol is the only alcohol that semi-safely does that), but they do need to be consumed in moderation....they can cause some nasty stomach upsets. They are fairly low in calories.

I'd have to say you could put them as "other" as was already mentioned.....the "alcohol" category seems to mostly be intended for "ethanol" consumption. Or, if you don't care to track how much of this stuff you eat, put them as carbs - they definitely aren't fat or protein.

Hey, thanx for the responses.  I did some additional research and found this on the International Food Information Council website:

***The Nutrition Facts panel shows the total carbohydrate content of a food that includes the amount of any sugar alcohols in the product. The manufacturer may also declare voluntarily the number of grams of polyols in a serving of the product. If the product label uses the terms ?sugar free? or ?no added sugar,? the polyol content must be declared separately under carbohydrates in the Nutrition Facts panel. If the product contains more than one polyol, the Nutrition Facts panel must use the term ?sugar alcohol.?***

The way i interpret this is that any "sugar alcohols" are already included in the total carb count.

Maybe this will help anyone thats reading my post.