Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Ingredients
- Erythritol
- Food Additive Number
- E 968, INS 968
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Chemical Formula
- Source
Non-GM Corn Starch
Features & Benefits
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Applications
- Has cooling effect at increased use level
- Does not spread as easily as sugar in baking
- Can be labeled as a natural flavor under FEMA 4819
- Beverages < 1.25%
- FDA Guidance
Please see the table below for FDA GRAS (Generally Regarded as Safe) levels of erythritol that have been reviewed in the US and are allowed in many other countries. Use levels above these values require supplement labeling.
Food Product Category from GRAS/GRN 789 Use Level (%) Alcoholic lite beer and coolers; Flavored quenchers; Reduced and low calorie carbonated and non-carbonated beverages (excluding soy-based drinks); Fruit-based slushies; Dairy drinks (chocolate and flavored milks); Fruit-based smoothies 4% Hot cereal (oatmeal – instant or cooked) 3.00% Non-dairy toppings; Frozen desserts (regular ice cream, soft serve, sorbet, frozen yogurt); Puddings (instant, phosphate set); Salty snacks 0.1 Baked goods and baking mixes (excluding regular bread); Bars (granola, high protein); Cookies; Barbecue sauce; Tomato sauce; Low calorie salad dressings; Fillings (fruit, custard, cream, pudding); Jams and jellies; Canned fruit (syrup); Regular or low-calorie syrups or toppings 0.15 Cakes 25% Ready-to-eat cereals 30% Soy, almond, cashew, coconut and other plant-based drinks 0.06 Yogurt (10% level allowed in GRN 74) 5%-10% Fruit novelty snacks (e.g., fruit peel, fruit candy bar, fruit leathers, fruit creams, fruit snack candy, gummy fruits); Non-chocolate candies; Soft chocolate candies 45% Fat-based cream used in modified-fat or low-calorie cookies, cakes and pastries 60% Chewing gum 0.75 Hard candy (mints, pressed, candies, cough drops) 99% Sugar substitutes 1 - Suggested max dosage
- 35g / dose
- 50 - 80g / day
Properties
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Relative Sweetness | 67 - 70 | - | - |
| Calories Content | 0.2 | - | - |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance