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Sorbitol 70%
Food Chemistry

Sorbitol 70%

Formula: C6H14O6 GOST/CAS: CAS 50-70-4

Sorbitol 70% (a highly purified aqueous solution of a hexahydric sugar alcohol) is a versatile food-grade component acting as a key moisture-retaining, texturizing, and sweetening agent. It presents as a dense, clear, syrupy liquid, completely odorless with a pleasant sweet taste (approximately 60% of the sweetness of sucrose). It features high hygroscopicity and excellent thermal stability. Due to its multi-functional properties, sorbitol is indispensable in the food manufacturing industry, production of confectionery and bakery goods, dietetic nutrition, as well as in cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations. In the food industry, Sorbitol is widely recognized as food additive E420. Beyond serving as a low-calorie sugar substitute, it effectively retains moisture, preventing products from drying out. In cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, it acts as a reliable base for syrups, toothpastes, and skincare formulations, providing the desired consistency and emollient effect.

Applications

Confectionery and Bakery Industry: Utilized as a powerful humectant and structural agent in the production of gummies, marshmallows, chewing gums, candies, and baked goods. It extends product shelf life by preventing drying, staling, and hardening.
Dietetic and Diabetic Nutrition: Applied as a low-calorie sugar substitute (sweetener) with a low glycemic index. It does not cause rapid spikes in blood glucose levels and is metabolized by the body independently of insulin.
Pharmaceutics and Medicine: Incorporated into formulations of cough syrups, vitamin complexes, and lozenges as a texturizer and sweetener. It is also widely used as an excipient in the manufacturing of gel capsules and topical ointments.
Cosmetics and Personal Care: Serves as an essential component in the manufacturing of toothpastes (preventing the paste from drying out in the tube), creams, shampoos, and lotions, ensuring deep hydration and improving overall texture.

Key Advantages

Efficient Moisture Retention: Excellent at binding and retaining moisture within the product matrix, preventing sugar crystallization, dryness, and loss of the finished product's market appeal.
Thermal Stability and Versatility: Perfectly retains its physical, chemical, and organoleptic properties during high-temperature processing (such as pasteurization and baking), as well as across a wide pH range.
Low Calorie and High Safety Profile: Features lower caloric value compared to cane sugar, is non-cariogenic (completely safe for dental health), and is universally approved for food applications worldwide (Food Additive E420).
Texture Optimization: Acts as a cryoprotectant, thickener, and texturizer, ensuring a smooth, homogeneous consistency in liquid, paste-like, and frozen food matrices.

Storage & Transportation

  • Store in dry, clean, and cool warehouse facilities in tightly sealed original packaging at temperatures between +5°C and +25°C.
  • Prevent freezing of the product (exposure to low temperatures can cause partial crystallization, which reverses completely upon gentle warming).
  • Avoid direct sunlight exposure and do not store adjacent to strong-smelling substances.
  • Transportation is permitted via all types of covered transport while maintaining the recommended temperature range. The product is strictly non-hazardous (does not fall under any hazardous material class). Guaranteed shelf life is 1 year from the date of manufacture.

Technical Specifications

Appearance Clear, colorless, syrupy viscous liquid, completely odorless
Assay (Dry basis / Sorbitol content) ≥ 70.0%
Total Sugars ≤ 1.0%
Density (at 20°C) 1.28 – 1.32 g/cm³
pH (14% aqueous solution) 5.0 – 7.0
Heavy Metals Content ≤ 5mg/kg

Supply info

  • Industrial plastic IBC totes (Intermediate Bulk Containers) weighing 1250–1300 kg.
  • Tight-head plastic drums weighing 250–275 kg.
  • Bulk delivery via food-grade tank trucks available for large-scale wholesale operations.
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