Description
Description
SORBITOL 70% (D-GLUCITOL) SOLUTION
Sorbitol is a water-soluble polyhydric alcohol. It has high stability, humectancy and plasticizing along with sweet taste. Sorbitol is one of the key ingredients for making various type of products. Sorbitol besides being immune to bacteriological degradation, is also less vulnerable to mould growth than most other humectants plasticizing materials. Sorbitol is produced by hydrogenation of dextrose under pressure with reaction controls.
Applications
- Oral Care & Cosmetics: Toothpaste, Mouthwash, Creams, Ointments, Lotions, Shaving Cream & Shampoo
- Pharmaceuticals: Liquid Syrups, Suspensions & Soft Gel Capsules
- Food & Beverage: Candies, Energy drinks/Diet Chocolates, Biscuits Cakes & Pastries, Chewing Gums, Enzymes, Ice Creams, Fruit Jams
- Industrial Applications: Vitamin ‘C’, Esters
- Others: Tobacco, Papers, Explosives, Mortars & Concrete
Functionality
- Bulking Agent
- Low Calorie Sweetner
- Humectant
- Texturizing Agent
- Stabilizer
- Cooling Agent
- Sequestrate
Specifications
USP
| Characteristics | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Description | Clear,Colour less,Syrupy Liquid,Taste Sweet |
| Specific gravity | Min 1.285 at 25 deg C |
| Refractive Index | Between 1.455 to 1.465 at 20 deg C |
| water | Between 28.5 to 31.5% |
| Residue on ignition | Max 0.10% |
| Chlorides | Max 0.005% |
| Sulphates | Max 0.01% |
| Arsenic | Max 2.5 ppm |
| Heavy – Metals | Max 0.001% |
| Reducing Sugars | N.M.T. 50mg Cuprous Oxide |
| Assay | N.L.T. 64.0% |
