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Trehalose 439<br />

Figure 6 The viscosity of trehalose solutions from 5 to 40% (w/w) at 25 and 37°C<br />

measured in centipoise (cP).<br />

from 5–40% (w/w) at 25 and 37°C. Even at 40%, the viscosity did not rise above<br />

5.7 cP.<br />

VIII. NUTRITIONAL PROFILE<br />

Trehalose produced by HBC is the only product currently available in commercial<br />

quantities to the food industry. A nutritional analysis of several lots of this product<br />

showed that it is composed of more than 90% carbohydrate. The remaining components<br />

consisted of water at about 9.7% (dihydrate), trace quantities of lipid<br />

with an average content of 0.025%, and low concentrations of protein (0.007–<br />

0.008%) and ash (0.002–0.010%). Sodium concentrations ranged from nondetectable<br />

to 0.065%, with residual starch being undetectable. These values compared<br />

favorably with those of other saccharides listed in the Food Chemicals<br />

Codex.<br />

Energy values based on the preceding data calculate to 3.62 kcal/g. This<br />

value correlates well with the analytical results, 3.46 kcal/g (HBC, unpublished<br />

data, 1997).

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