Sorbitol Liquid, Crystalline Sorbitol, and Polyols

Dietary Supplements & Health

Sorbitol is useful in formulating "diet", "sugar-free", "reduced calorie", and "light" labelled products. It is commonly found in many of today's consumer goods and ready-to-eat foods that offer reduced sugar levels. Compared to ordinary table-top sugar, sorbitol has 35% lower calories (sorbitol provides 2.6 kcal/gram; table-top sugar provides 4 kcal/gram).

Cosmetics & Personal Care

Many cosmetic applications like skin creams, foundation, lipstick and other lotions use sorbitol in their formulations. Sorbitol is frequently used as an humectant, emollient and conditioning agent because its characteristic properties mean that is able to protect against loss of moisture. Sorbitol also gives up water very slowly into a dry atmosphere and it will take up water very slowly from a humid atmosphere.

Many personal care products like shampoo, toothpaste, soap include sorbitol to help retain their freshness, softness, and flexibility. It is non-cariogenic and does not promote tooth decay which means that sorbitol is an essential ingredient for the toothpaste industry.

Food

Sorbitol is very suitable for the health-conscious consumer who wants a healthier alternative without compromising on taste. With its reduced caloric value, low absorption rate, low glycaemic index, and smooth mouth feel with a sweet, cool and pleasant taste no wonder it is widely used in dietetic, and diabetic foods as bulk sweetener to replace sugar.

In candy manufacture, sorbitol is used as a sugar free reduced calorie sweetener. It is also used to improve candy's softness and chewy texture. In ice cream, it is usually used to provide sweetness, impart body and texture. In fruit jam and peanut butter, sorbitol is used as a humectant to reduce dryness and improve spreadability.

In the processing of surimi, such as with imitation crab, sorbitol is used to preserve the quintessential characteristic of surimi, namely the ability to form a firm texture. The incorporation of cryoprotectant materials such as sorbitol protects the surimi from degradation during freezing.

Others

Textile and Leather Application:
Sorbitol is usually used as a dispensing agent, humectant/bodying agent, and sequestering agent. It is used as a color stabilizer in textile printing, as a humectant in textile sizing, and as a softener in finishing.

Emulsion Products:
Sorbitol retards the loss of water by evaporation from oil in oil/water emulsions.

Tobacco Industry:
Sorbitol is used to contribute to the flavour of chewing tobacco and used as humectant and conditioner.

Adhesives Applications:
The characteristics of sorbitol that it neither loses nor absorbs any appreciable quantity of water increases the viscosity of the glues composition, and its non-volatility are an advantage in adhesive applications.

Pharmaceuticals Industry:
As a good humectant and plasticizer sorbitol is usually used in emulsion ointments and in gelatine capsules. It is also finds uses in pharmaceutical syrups where it's stability, non-cariogenicity and viscosity are an advantage. Sorbitol is also used medically in culture mediums to distinguish between various strains of bacteria such as E coli.

Others Industries:
Sorbitol is used to make polyurethane foams with specific strength and absorbency which finds uses in, for instance, vehicle dashboards. It is also used as a chelator in metal working and is used in processes to anodize aluminum.

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