Erythritol

Erythritol can be used mainly confectionery and baked products, chewing gum and some beverages

Specifications

-- Erythritol is a novel sweetener with a caloric value nearly zero. It is the only all-natural sugar alcohol available today.

Erythritol is a new natural low-calorie biologic fermentation sweetener,which exists in many kinds of fruits, vegetables and animal tissues etc.

 

-- Erythritols sweetness degree is about seventy percent of cane sugar,the caloric coefficient is nearly zero (0.2kcal/g), only 1/20 caloric abilitycompared with cane sugar and 1/15 caloric ability compared with xylitol. It feels pleasant cool. Erythritol has good biologic tolerance, the max humantolerance of erythritol is 2.7-4.4 times of sorbitol and 2.2-2.7 times ofxylitol. Erythritol cant be degraded by enzyme, so it is very suitable forpatients suffering diabetes, obesity, hypertension, cardiac disease because ofno catabolism. Because it has the characteristic of resisting streptococcuseroding tooth enamel, it can resist decayed tooth effectively.

 

-- Erythritol has white crystal appearance, low hygroscopic capacity, highdeliquescent and endothermal capacity, has the medium solubility, low solutionmucosity and also has the better character of freezing point falling andboiling point rising. It also has high crystalline property and betterliquidity. Its solution has better heatresistance and acid-resistance.

 

-- Erythritol has been approved by many countries and organizations forfood production such as USA,Japan, EU, Australia/NewZealand, Singapore, South Korea, Russia,Israel, South Africa, Mexico and JECFA.

 

In Japan Erythritol has been used since 1990 in various foodapplications and since 1997 Erythritol has been used in the United States. Aftera thoroughly examination by the EU the product achieved admittance in 2006 forthe European market. Now we are in the position to offer this natural andbeneficial Product to our European customers.

Erythritol