Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Pharma & Nutraceuticals Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Advantages
- White crystalline powder
- Excellent powder flow
- Humectant
- Cryoprotectant and freezing point depressant
- Sugar Free bulking
- Non-browning
- Non-cariogenic
- 60% as sweet as sucrose
- Pleasant cooling effect
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
Properties
- Odor
- No Detectable Foreign Odor
- Flavor
- Clean Sweet Taste
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Relative Sweetness (vs. sucrose) 60 % - Hygroscopicity High - - Caloric Value 2.6 kcal/g, d.b. - Solubility in Water (at 25°C ) 235 g/100 mL - Heat of Solution -26.5 kcal/g - Melting Point Range 99 - 101 °C - Molecular Weight 182 g/mol - - Physico-Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Water Content max. 1.5 % NF/FCC Assay (as is) D-Sorbitol 91.0 - 100.5 % d.b. NF/FCC Reducing Sugars¹ min. 12.8 mL NF/FCC Residue on Ignition max. 0.1 % d.b NF/FCC Lead Content max. 1 ppm NF/FCC Nickel Content max. 1 ppm NF/FCC pH Value (10% w/w in water) 3.5 - 7.0 NF/FCC - Microbiological Values
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Total Aerobic Microbial Count max. 1000 cfu/g - Total Combined Yeast and Mold Content max. 100 cfu/g - - Nutritional Information
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Calories 259 /100g - Total Fat Content² max. 0.1 g/100g Sodium Content² max. 1 mg/100g Total Carbohydrate Content 99.7 g/100g - Dietary Fiber 0.0 g/100g - Total Sugars max. 0.1 g/100g - Total Sugars² max. 0.1 g/100g Added Sugars 0.0 g/100g - Sugar Alcohols 99.7 g/100g - Protein Content² max. 0.1 g/100g Vitamin D 0.0 mcg/100g - Calcium Content² max. 1 mg/100g Iron Content² max. 0.1 mg/100g Potassium Content² max. 5 mg/100g Ash Content² max. 0.1 %/100g - Screen Test
Value Units Test Method / Conditions #30 mesh (590 micron) on U.S.S max. 0.5 % - #40 mesh (420 micron) on U.S.S max. 5 % - #200 mesh (74 micron) thru U.S.S max. 15 % - - Shelf Life Information
- Shelf life is 2 years.
- Retest every 24 months for water, reducing sugars and assay.
- Note
- Based on a sample wt. of 3.3 g NLT 12.8mL of 0.05 N sodium thiosulfate, (NMT 0.3% as glucose)
- Not present at level of quantification
Regulatory & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 2 Years
- Storage Condition
- Recommended storage temperature is 50°F-100°F (10°C-38°C). Storage at elevated temperature may result in caking of the sorbitol which would affect ease of handling.