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Isomalt is widely used for the production of sugar-free candy, especially hard-boiled candy, because it resists crystallization much better than the standard combinations of sucrose and corn syrup. It is used in sugar sculpture for the same reason. [6] Isomalt can also be used as a plasticizer for high methoxyl pectin films. It reduces the ...
Erythritol ( / ɪˈrɪθrɪtɒl /, US: /- tɔːl, - toʊl /) [ 2] is an organic compound, the naturally occurring achiral meso four-carbon sugar alcohol (or polyol ). [ 3] It is the reduced form of either D- or L- erythrose and one of the two reduced forms of erythrulose. It is used as a food additive and sugar substitute.
Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol, another sugar alcohol; the two differ only in the orientation of the hydroxyl group on carbon 2. [5] While similar, the two sugar alcohols have very different sources in nature, melting points, and uses. As an over-the-counter drug, sorbitol is used as a laxative to treat constipation. [6]
Oral rehydration therapy. An oral rehydration solution (250ml) prepared according to WHO formula. Oral rehydration therapy ( ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. [ 1] It involves drinking water with modest amounts of sugar and salts, specifically sodium and potassium. [ 1]
Saccharin, also called saccharine, benzosulfimide, or E954, or used in saccharin sodium or saccharin calcium forms, is a non-nutritive artificial sweetener. [ 1][ 5] Saccharin is a sultam that is about 500 times sweeter than sucrose, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. [ 1]
Carboxymethyl cellulose ( CMC) or cellulose gum[ 1] is a cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups (-CH 2 -COOH) bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used in its sodium salt form, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. It used to be marketed under the name Tylose, a ...
Mannitol is one of the most abundant energy and carbon storage molecules in nature, produced by a plethora of organisms, including bacteria, yeasts, fungi, algae, lichens, and many plants. [ 30] Fermentation by microorganisms is an alternative to the traditional industrial synthesis.
Glucose is a monosaccharide containing six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group, and is therefore an aldohexose. The glucose molecule can exist in an open-chain (acyclic) as well as ring (cyclic) form. Glucose is naturally occurring and is found in its free state in fruits and other parts of plants.