how are sugar free foods low cal?

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I’ve got some monk fruit sweetener and it says that there are 4 grams carbs per serving yet it claims zero calories. The carbs are erythritol. If 4 grams of sugar had 16 calories, 1 gram of carb has 4 calories, why wouldn’t this monk fruit sweetener have the same calories as sugar?

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