Erythritol

Detailed Product Description

Erythritol is an odorless white crystalline powder, with a clear sweet taste.

Formula: C4H10O4
Molecular weight: 122.12

It is approximately 70% as sweet as sucrose and has about 10% the calories of sucrose.

It is safe for people with diabete.

It is uniquely qualified as a very low calorie but sweetener for formulating light and reducedcalorie products for patients with adiposity, hyptension and cardiovascular disease.

Application:
As a new type of bulk agent sweetener, it has been used in candies, chocolates, soft drink, chewing gums, yogurts, fillings. Cookie coating, jellies. Jams, and sugar substitutes. Because of its little moisture absorption, Erythritol is most fit for the food products which need to keep dry. Erythritol is also widely used in health food, sugar-free food and medicine.

Specification:
Appearance: White crystalline powder
Taste: No unusual odor and clear sweet.

Water: 0.2% max
Ash: 0.01% max
Erythritol content(dry basis): 99% min
PH: 5.0-7.0
Melting point: 118-122
Arsenic(AS): 0.5mg/kg max
Heavy metals(PB): 5.0mg/kg max
Reducing substance: 0.3% max

Bacterium: 300cfu/g max
E. Coli: 30mpn/100g max
Yeast and mould: 50cfu/g max
Pathogen: Netative