Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, which is a poorly digestible carbohydrate that either naturally occurs in fruits or is semi-artificially produced and added as a low calorie sweetener to various commercial foods.
Sorbitol is chemically similar to fructose and mannitol.Other names for sorbitol: sorbit, glucitol.
Nutrition Facts:
* Calories per gram = 2.6
* Glycemic index (GI) = 9
* Sweetness, relative to sucrose = 60%
* Net crabs = zero
Sorbitol occurs naturally in significant amounts in grapes, prunes, cherries, peaches, apples, pears and apricots and in related fruit juices.
I. Specification
Item No. | Test Items | Testing Standards | Test Result |
1 | Appearance | White powder or granular | white 20-60 mesh |
2 | Sorbitol Content, ω% | ≥99.0 | 99.5 |
3 | Moisture, ω% | ≤1.5 | 0.35 |
4 | Reducing Sugar, ω% | ≤0.3 | 0.039 |
5 | Total Sugar, ω% | ≤1.0 | 0.14 |
6 | Burning Residue, ω% | ≤0.1 | 0.01 |
7 | Pb, mg/kg | ≤1 | <1 |
8 | Ni, mg/kg | ≤2 | <2 |
9 | Chloride, mg/kg | ≤50 | <50 |
10 | sulphate, mg/kg | ≤100 | <100 |
11 | Total bacterium | ≤100p/g | <100 |
12 | Colon bacillus | Absent in 1g | Absent in 1g |
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