| Customization: | Available |
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| CAS No.: | 50-70-4 |
| Formula: | C6h14o6 |
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Sorbitol is a new sweetener made from glucose. It is a colorless, odorless, clarified and sweet. Thick liquid or white crystalline powder, with excellent preservation, color retention, moisture retention, which could be widely used in food, medicine, chemical industry and other industries.
Applications
Food Industry------Can be used as a sweetener, humectant, chelating agent and tissue modifier.
1. Sorbitol has good thermal stability and has a fragrance-preserving effect.It is a sugar-free functional sweetener and an important basic material for functional food. It can be used in sugar-free candies, cakes, surimi, and beverages as sweeteners and humectants.
2. Improve the organization and taste of food, make product more delicate. Adding sorbitol to food can prevent drying and cracking of food, keep food fresh and soft. It has obvious effect in bread and cakes.
Sorbitol does not contain aldehyde groups, it is not easy to be oxidized, and does't cause Maillard Reactions with amino acids when heated.
3. It has certain physiological activity and can prevent the denaturation of carotenoids, edible fat and protein.
Adding sorbitol to concentrated milk can prolong the shelf life
4. It has obvious stability and long-term preservation effect on fish sauce.
*Aquaculture------ Preservative for aquatic products, combined with free water, inhibits bacterial reproduction, stabilizes protein, and maintains the original color and fragrance of aquatic products.
*Pharmaceutical Industry------It is not converted into glucose in the human body, sugar-free. It can be used as a special sweetener for diabetic and obese patients, and it can also improve the intestinal environment, has a laxative effect, and has obvious effects on treating senile constipation and preventing hypertension.
*Healthcare and Cosmetics Industry-
1.It can strengthen teeth and prevent caries,can be used as a raw material for toothpaste. Sorbitol has sufficient stability and is suitable for excipients in various formulations. It can keep the paste lubricated, with good color and taste. Especially alkaline toothpaste, sorbitol can make transparent toothpaste, transparent soap, transparent cosmetics, and maintain long-term stability. Because of its special coolness, it is an excellent raw material for chewing gum.
*Chemical Industry
1. It can replace glycerol to produce alkyd resin because its properties are similar to glycerol.Compared with glycerin, sorbitol has a better cost performance under the condition of equal moisturizing properties.
2. Sorbitol can be used as the raw material for vitamin C production;
3. It can also be used as a raw material for syrup, injection infusion, pharmaceutical tableting, as a dispersant, filler, cryoprotectant, anti-crystallization agent, Chinese medicine stabilizer, wetting agent, capsule enhancer. Plasticizers, sweeteners, ointment bases, etc.
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Appearance
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Colourless, syrupy liquid
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Taste
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Sweetless or slightly
sweetness,no other taste
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Drysubstance %
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69.0-71.0
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Moisture %
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29-31
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Sorbitol %
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≥50.0
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PH in 50% DS Aqua sol
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5.0-7.5
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Specific gravity(20ºC)g/ml
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1.285-1.315
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Reducingsugars %
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≤0.21
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Totalsugars %
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≤8.0
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Heavymetal %
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≤0.0005
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Pb %
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≤0.0001
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Arsenic(as As) %
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≤0.0002
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Nickel %
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≤0.0002
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Chloride %
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≤0.001
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Sulphate %
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≤0.005
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Residue on Ignition %
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≤0.10
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Total Plate Account
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≤2000
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Packaging & Delivery
Packaging Details
It is packed with polythene bag as the inner layer, and polywoven bag as the outer layer. The net weight of each bag is 25kg.
Port
QINGDAO
Lead Time:
Quantity(tons) 1 - 100 >100
Est. Time(days) 7 To be negotiated
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