Specifications

Crystalline Sorbitol
1.white crystalline powder
2.food sweetener
ntent: 98% min
uce on dryness: 1.0% max

 

Sorbitol , a polyol(sugar alcohol),available as viscous syrup or crystalline powder,it is a benign polyhydric alcohol with six hydroxyl groups.It is a bulk sweetener found in numerous food products.In addition to providing sweetness,it is an excellent humectant and texturizing agent.Sorbitol is about 60 percent as sweet as sucrose with one-third fewer calories.It has a smooth mouthfeel with a sweet,cool and  pleasant taste.It is non-cariogenic and may be useful to people with diabetes.Sorbitol has been safely used in processed foods for almost half a century.It is also used in other products,such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

 

Specifications:

 

NO	Items	Quality  standard
1	Form	crystalline powder,White and odourless
2	Taste	Sweet and cool
3	Specific Rotation	+4.0-+7.0
4	Total Sugar	≤1.0
5	Acidity	Conformed
6	Melting point °C	95-98
7	Solution clarification	Conformed
8	Chloride %	≤0.005
9	Sulphate %	≤0.01
10	Reducing sugars %	≤0.30
11	Reduce on Dryness %	≤1.0
12	Residue on Ignition %	≤0.1
13	Heavy metals ppm	≤10
14	Arsenic ppm	≤2.0
15	Content %	≥98%