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Polydextrose is a multi-purpose food ingredient used to replace sugar, fat and calories and to increase fiber content of foods; it also functions as a stabilizer, bulking agent and to help maintain the ideal moisture in a food.
Polydextrose is commonly used as a dessert mixes,replacement for sugar, starch, and fat in commercial beverages, cakes, candies, breakfast cereals, gelatins, frozen desserts, puddings, and salad dressings. Polydextrose is frequently used as an ingredient in low-carb, sugar-free, and diabetic cooking recipes. It is also used as a humectant, stabiliser, and thickening agent.
Because polydextrose is water soluble but indigestable, it has also been used as a fiber-bulking agent in the food industry for products that are typically low in fiber. In this way, manufacturers can claim on their food labels that the products have dietary fiber value.
| ITEM | STANDARD |
| *Polymer | 90% Min |
| *1,6-Anhydro-D-glucose | 4.0% Max |
| * D-Glucose | 4.0% Max |
| *Sorbitol | 2.0% Max |
| *5-Hydroxymethylfurfural And related compounds: | 0.05% Max |
| Sulfated Ash: | 2.0% Max |
| pH value: | 5.0-6.0(10% aqueous solution) |
| Solubility: | 70g Min in 100mL solution at 20°C |
| Water content: | 4.0% Max |
| Appearance: | Free flowing powder |
| Color: | White |
| Odour & Taste: | Odourless; No foreign taste |
| Sediment: | Absence |
| Heavy metal: | 5mg/kg Max |
| Lead | 0.5mg/kg Max |
| Total Plate Count: | 1,000CFU/g Max |
| Yeast: | 20CFU/g Max |
| Moulds: | 20CFU/g Max |
| Coliforms | 3.0MPN/g Max |
| Salmonella: | Negative in 25g |
As a sugar substitute that is derived from dextrose, polydextrose is a food ingredient that can be used as a low calorie substitute in food, drink and health products.
