Description

Maltitol is a disaccharide produced by Corn Products Specialty Ingredients (formerly SPI Polyols), Cargill, Roquette, and Mitsubishi Shoji Foodtech, among other companies. Maltitol is made by hydrogenation of maltose obtained from starch. Its high sweetness allows it to be used without being mixed with other sweeteners, and exhibits negligible cooling effect (positive heat of solution) in comparison with other sugar alcohols, and is very similar to the subtle cooling effect of sucrose.It is used especially in production of sweets: sugarless hard candies, chewing gum, chocolates, baked goods, and ice cream. The pharmaceutical industry uses maltitol as an excipient, where it is used as a low-calorie sweetening agent. Its similarity to sucrose allows it to be used in syrups with the advantage that crystallization (which may cause bottle caps to stick) is less likely. Maltitol may also be used as a plasticizer in gelatin capsules, as an emollient, and as a humectant.

Registered Index

CAS NO.: 585-88-6
Formula: C12H24O11
Molecular Weight: 344.32
Appearance: White crystal powder
Taste: Typically sweet with no foreign taste
Odour: No foreign odours

Melting point: 148oC ~151oC .

Quality Specification:

Assay:	99% min.
Specific rotation:	+105.5º~108.5º
Related products:	1% max.
Reducing sugars:	0.1% max.
Water content:	0.5% max.
Heavy Metals:	10ppm. max.
Nickle:	0.5ppm max.
Arsenic:	0.5ppm max
Lead:	0.5ppm max.
Sulfate:	100ppm max.
Chloride:	50ppm max
Sulfated Ash:	0.1% max.
Conductivity::	20us/cm max.
Viable counts:	20cfu/g max.
Yeast Count:	10cfu/g max.
Moulds:	10cfu/g max
Coliform organisms:	Negative in 25g
Salmonella:	Negative in 25g
Pseudomonas aeruginosa:	Negative in 25g

Package:

25kg net bag, 20mt net per 20'FCL without pallet.