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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- CAS No.
- 50-70-4
- Molecular formula
- C6H14O6
- Ingredients
- Sorbitol
- Food Additive Number
- E 420(i), INS 420(i)
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Product Highlights
Sorbitol is used as sweetener in many kinds of products, it is also good moisturizer and stabilizer besides offering sweet taste. Sorbitol has 60% sweet taste and 2/3 calorie as sucrose, being used in the food industry for more than half century, and also other industries like medicine and cosmetic. A French chemist first found Sorbitol in the ashes of strawberry plants, and discovered that Sorbitol is in fruits and strawberry plants.Today Sorbitol is got from glucose after hydrogenation has liquid and crystalline products.
- Advantages of Sorbitol
Sorbitol is used as moisturizer in many products, and can be added to in confectionery, bakery foods and chocolate, to well avoid food getting dry or hard by its moisture & stable capacity.
Sorbitol is very stable and not active in the chemical reaction, and will not have Maillard Browning Reaction when get heating. Sorbitol is good to produce biscuits with bright colors and no need to worry about browning color, and also is good to mix used with other additives like sucrose, gel, protein and vegetable fat.
- Characteristics
- Good sweetener.
- 1/3 less calorie than sucrose (2.6 cal/g).
- Good moisturizer, stabilizer and anti-crystallization agent.
- Can be widely used in many kinds of food, including sugar-free confectionery, gums, frozen dessert, bakery food and etc.
- Anti-cariogenic.
- Can be used to add sweet for diabetic.
- Features
Sorbitol's anti-cariogenic
Sorbitol will not fermented acid by oral bacteria as when people consume sucrose and starch, can effectively avoid cavities and plaques. FDA of USA approves the sugar-free food added with Sorbitol can be marked also Anti- cariogenic.
Sorbitol added in food for Diabetic
To better control the diabetes is to control the glycaemic, lipid and weight. As being absorbed very slowly, Sorbitol can reduce the utilization of insulin when adjusting the sugar level during the anabolism. Sorbitol has very low calorie value (Sorbitol 2.6 callg but sucrose 4.0 callg) and is good to control weight. Sorbitol can be used instead of sucrose in many low calorie and sugar-free products for diabetic.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Uses
Sorbitol can be used in many other products like gums, confectionery, frozen dessert, biscuit, cake, sugar-coat, and also some oral hygiene products like toothpaste, mouthwash and etc.
Properties
- Appearance
- White crystalline powder, White crystalline powder, odorless,
- Soluble in
- Water
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Acidity, Alkalinity (0.02mol/L NaOH) | 0.3 | ml | - |
| Arsenic Content | max. 0.0001 | % | - |
| Assay Content | min. 95.0 | % | - |
| Chloride Content | max. 0.0050 | % | - |
| Clarity and color of solution | Clear and Colourless | - | - |
| Density | 1.47 | - | - |
| Inspection Result | Pass on test | - | - |
| Lead Content | max. 0.0001 | - | - |
| Loss on Drying | max. 1.0 | % | - |
| Melting Point | 95.0 | °C | - |
| Nickle | max. 0.0002 | % | - |
| Reducing Sugar | max. 50 | mg | - |
| Refractive Index | 4.0 - 7.0 | ° | |
| Residue on Ignition | max. 0.1 | - | - |
| Stability | Stable, avoid strong oxidant and moistureproof | - | - |
| Sulphate | max. 0.010 | % | - |
| Total Glucose Assay mg | max. 50 | mg | - |
| Toxicity | No dangerous | - | - |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Approval
Sorbitol is approved its safety in food (GRAS) by FDA of USA, and also gets approved in Europe and other regions.
The safety of Sorbitol has got approved by many scientific literatures, and you can find none report about any dangerous of Sorbitol. You may feel little diarrhea when consume more than 50g Sorbitol per day, while Europe Food Committee also accepts that Sorbitol can be used safely in the food without any specific limitations.- Identification and Standards
Standards: CP2000, USP24, BP2000.
QC Identifications
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging
25kg/bag, complex bag with plastic inner bag.
25kg/drum, fiber drum with plastic inner bag.
- Transportation
Can be air parcel, ocean shipping or land-carriage, no specific requirements.