High fructose syrup is one kind of colorless or light yellow, transparent ropy liquid. It is gentle and sweet with special odour of frcutose with neither any abnormal taste nor impurities. It has two types: one is 42%, the other is 55%. Fructose isprocessed from hydrolyzed rice starch and contains fructose a simple sugar carbohydrate, just like sucrose. It is about 95% sweeter than sucrose, less expensive than sugar, and mixed well in many foods. The content of fructose is more than 42% of total carbohydrates.

Characteristics:  

It has the properties of Colorless, odorless, good fluidity, easy to use in beverages and foods as a substitute for sucrose. The basic syrups can improve textures and enhance colors without masking natural flavors, as in canned fruits.

Function:

For human health, it can stimulate the metabolism of blood alcohol, which is helpful to prevent the damage caused by the excessive blood alcohol. A patient with 500ml fructose (40%) injection mainlined will gain good recovery.

Fructose is one of natural carbohydrates that consist in fruits as well as in honey. With high sweet it can substitute for sucrose, which has some advantages:  

1)      Fructose, also called "fruit sugar", is another important hexose found in many fruits and vegetables. Fructose satisfies the "sweet tooth", tasting twice as sweet as sucrose so it can be used in lower amounts. With good sweet sense and taste it is favorable for the use in carbonated drinks, beverages. It has already be used in some big drinks such as Coca Cola. Pepsi-Cola etc

2)      It can improve textures and enhance colors without masking natural flavors, as in canned fruits and vegetables. So, it has already been a king of good sweetener in the beverage industry.

3)      it maintains moisture so cakes or breads keep soft , fresh without going stale and longer shelf life. It can depress freezing to prevent crystal formation in ice cream and other frozen desserts and keep products soft and delicious.

Application

Fructose is widely used in beverages, carbonated drinks, fruit drinks, breads, cakes, tinned fruits, jams, succades, dairy foods etc.