noun
A sugar alcohol used as a sweetener, humectant, and laxative. Also known as ソルビット.
See also: ソルビット
このガムには甘味料としてソルビトールが使われている。
This gum uses sorbitol as a sweetener.
Synonym; both refer to the same substance, but ソルビトール is more common in ingredient lists.
From English 'sorbitol', itself derived from 'sorbus' (the mountain ash tree) because sorbitol was first isolated from its berries.