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Food additives data book - wordpres

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Sweeteners 944<br />

NAME: Maltitol<br />

CATEGORY: Sweetener/ Nutritive additive/ Humectant<br />

FOOD USE: Baked goods (glazes for baked goods, muesli bars)/ Dairy products (frozen desserts, ice-cream)/ Fruit,<br />

vegetables and nut products (fruit fillings, jams, jellies, canned fruit, fruit toppings)/ Beverages/ Soft<br />

drinks/ Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery (chocolate and compound coatings, confectionery<br />

(especially gloss coatings), hard-boiled candies, soft caramels)/ Vinegar, pickles and sauces (sauces)/<br />

Other (chewing gum, chewing gum coatings, pharmaceuticals, dietary products, diabetic products,<br />

chocolate, gelatin gums and jellies, sugarless tablets)<br />

SYNONYMS: CAS 585-88-6/ EINECS 209-567-0/ Amalty/ Finmalt-L/ 4-O-a-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol/ 4-O-a-Dglucopyranosyl-D-glucitol<br />

FORMULA: C12 H24O11<br />

MOLECULAR MASS: 344.47<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline powder, also available in liquid form. Crystalline form 0.8 to 0.9 relative to sucrose,<br />

liquid form 0.6 relative to sucrose.<br />

Pleasant, sweet taste with no aftertaste; low mouth-cooling effect<br />

MELTING RANGE IN °C: 135–140<br />

PURITY %: maximum 92.5 assay (anhydrous)<br />

WATER CONTENT MAXIMUM IN %: 1.5<br />

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 10<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 2.5<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C 60% weight/unit volume

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