Products Sweetners Sorbitol

Sorbitolpecification
Sorbitol is a bulk sweetener with good taste and reduced calories. It does not promote tooth decay. Sorbitol is suitable for a variety of products reduced in calories, sugar or fat and has been safely used for almost half a century.
Sorbitol, a polyol (sugar alcohol), 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.
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Specification
Quality standards Crystal Syrup
Appearance White crystalline granule or powder Clear, colorless, syrupy liquid
Assay (on dry basis),% ¡Ý99.0 ¡Ý70.0
Sorbitol,% ¡Ý98.0 ¡Ý98.5
Reducing sugars,% ¡Ü0.1 ¡Ü0.1
Total sugars,% ¡Ü0.3 ¡Ü0.3
pH (50% aq.sol.) 5.0~7.0 5.0~7.0
Solubility at 25¡æ 235 gp100 ml water ---
Granule size,mesh 20-60 ---
Residue on ignition,%
 ¡Ü0.1 ¡Ü0.1
Heavy metals(as Pb),ppm ¡Ü5 ¡Ü5

Nickel,ppm

 ¡Ü1 ¡Ü1
Lead,ppm ¡Ü1 ¡Ü1
Arsenic,ppm ¡Ü1 ¡Ü1
Chloride,ppm ¡Ü50 ¡Ü50
Sulphate,ppm ¡Ü50 ¡Ü50

Total bacterium,p/g

¡Ü100 ¡Ü100

Colon bacillus

 Absent in 1g Absent in 1g
Specific gravity at 25¡æ --- ¡Ý1.295 min
Specific gravity at 20¡æ --- ¡Ý1.455 min
Specific optical rotation,(¡ã) --- + 4.0~+ 6.0
Chemical Name£º

Sorbitol
Structure Formula£º
Molecular Formula£º

C6H14O6
Molecular Weight£º 294.31
Cas No£º

[50-70-4]
Characteristics£º White crystalline powder odorless with strong sweet taste, its dilute solution is approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar, having a taste closely similar to that of cane sugar possessing a clean sweet taste of sugar without any bitter or metallic taste, the PH value of its aqueous solution (0.8%) being 4-6.5, unstable in aqueous solution easily decompose to lose sweet taste, rather stable at low temp, and PH value being 3-5 slightly soluble in water approximately 1%) and in ethyl alcohol(0.26mg/100ml)
Uses£º

Sorbitol crystalline

- Sugar-free production (sweetener for candies, confectionery, chocolate, baked goods, tablet, chewing gum, jelly, frozen desserts etc.).
- Surimi (fish paste) to prevent denaturation of protein
- Bulking agent (filler) for tabletop sweetener
- Moisture control of processed food
- Sweetener for diabetics
- Incorporated agent
- Humectant for lotion, cream, lipstick

Sorbitol syrup

- Dentifrices:As humectant, viscosity and bodying agent for pastes or gels dentifrices.
- Medicinal chemistry:Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is mainly semi-synthetised from sorbitol by fermentation process by Baccillus suboxydant.
- Pharmaceuticals:In oral or topical preparation, it is used as humectant, sweetener, bodying and viscosity agent, vehicle, anti-caplocking and texture improvement. In other case, sorbitol is useful to promote the absorption of certain minerals such as Cs, Sr, F and vitamins B12. In high concentration, sorbitol is a stabiliser for unstable vitamins and antibiotics.
- Toiletries-cosmetics:As humectant or emollients, viscosity agent and to promote stability of goods. It has wide usage in shampoo, astringent, and other emulsion system of cosmetics.
- Foods and beverages:As sweeteners and humectant, either on diabetics or dietetics purpose.
- Chemical industries:

Surfactant Industries:Sorbitol gives most contributions in synthetic surfactants (surface active agents), such as Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan FattyAcid Esters and Sorbitan Fatty acid esters.
Polyurethane industries:Sorbitol, together with other polyhydric alcohols such as glycerol, is one of the ingredients in alkyl resins and rigid polyurethane foams manufacturing.
Other applications:
In tobacco industries, sorbitol may give mild effect in sniff, good humectant agent, and is also to avoid acrolein formation which formed in burned glycerine.
In textile industries, sorbitol is used as softener and colour stabiliser, and as softener in leather industries.
Package and Transport£º

25 kg net kraft paper/PP combined outer bag with PE liner for crystal, 250 kg net drum for syrup.
Storage£º Both liquid and crystal sorbitol should be stored in a cool, shaded, dry environment, away from sunlight. Do not store it together with poisonous or harmful goods in order to avoid pollution. For better results, especially for longer periods, crystal sorbitol storage should be around 65% relative humidity and 25 celsius.