Mannitol 99% Organic Sea Kelp Extract CAS 69-65-8 Low Calories

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Mannitol is another member of the sugar alcohol (polyols) family.

It has a pleasant sweet taste (roughly 60% as sweet as sucrose), provides few calories and is commonly used in the production of food and pharmaceutical products due to its unique functional properties.

Large quantities of mannitol can be found in exudates from trees, and in marine algae and fresh mushrooms. It is an isomer of sorbitol and is today typically produced by the hydrogenation of specialty glucose syrups.

Benefits of Mannitol

Mannitol is a member of the sugar alcohol family and has the following advantages:

Functional Advantages

Unlike sorbitol, mannitol does not absorb moisture into products (non-hygroscopic), and is therefore often used as a dusting powder for chewing gum to prevent the gum from sticking to manufacturing equipment and wrappers.

It is also included in chocolate-flavoured coating agents for ice cream and sweets due to its high melting point and does not discolor at high temperatures, which makes it ideal for use in pharmaceuticals and nutritional tablets.

Protects against tooth decay

Polyols such as mannitol are known to help prevent the development of dental caries (tooth decay).

Like other sugar alcohols, mannitol is resistant to metabolism by oral bacteria which break down sugars and starches to release acids that can lead to cavities or the erosion of tooth enamel (i.e. it is non-cariogenic).

This oral health benefit of mannitol and other sugar alcohols is recognised by various health groups/associations across the globe.

Low calories

Like all polyols, mannitol is only partially absorbed from the small intestinal, meaning part of the ingested substance reaches the large intestine where metabolism yields fewer calories.

Each gram serving of mannitol has only 1.6 calories, which is less than half the calorie value of sucrose (4.0 kcal/g).

This makes it very useful in the production of sugar-free products.

Useful for people with diabetes

Because mannitol is only partially absorbed by the body, it significantly reduces the rise in blood glucose and insulin levels that occur following the ingestion of glucose.

This combined with its low calorie value (1.6 kcal/g), which is very beneficial for weight control, makes mannitol a useful alternative sweetener for people with diabetes. In fact, products sweetened with mannitol in place of sugar help provide diabetics with a wider range of low-calorie and sugar-free options.

Before tuning to sugar alcohol-sweetened products, diabetics should discuss the usefulness of polyols such as mannitol with their GP/diabetes specialist as some foods/drinks sweetened with these sugar alcohols may contain other ingredients which may not be suitable for their diet.

Safety

The World Health Organisation’s Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has reviewed safety data on the use of mannitol in food and concluded that the polyol is safe.

As with all polyols, excess consumption (more than 50 grams a day) may cause a laxative effect similar to the effects of complex carbohydrate foods such as beans or prunes – e.g. softer stools and/or more intestinal gas than usual.

Function

1. It can be used as sweetener, antisticking agent, nutritional supplement, quality improver and moisturizing agent.

2. It can be used in plastic industry to make rosin acid ester, synthetic glycerin resin, detonator (nitrated mannitol), etc.; Dibromomannose alcohol can be prepared by hydrobromic acid reaction.

3. Sweeteners, nutritional supplements, quality improvers, anti-sticky agents, etc.With low calorie and low sweetness, it can be used as a special food for diabetes and obesity patients instead of sugar. It is also the additive of chewing gum and hangover cure.

4. It is mainly used in plastic industry, rosin acid ester and synthetic glycerin resin, polyvinyl chloride plasticizer, explosives, etc.Also used in cosmetics industry and toothpaste.

Features and Advantages:

1. In terms of food, the product has the least water absorption in sugars and sugar alcohols, and has a refreshing sweet taste, which is used for the anti-sticking of foods such as maltose, chewing gum, and rice cake, and as a release powder for general cakes. It can also be used as a low-calorie, low-sugar sweetener such as food for diabetes patients and bodybuilding foods.

2. In the industry, mannitol can be used in the plastics industry to produce rosin esters and artificial glycerin resins,

explosives, detonators (nitrified mannitol) and the like. It is used for the determination of boron in chemical analysis, as a

bacterial culture agent for biological tests, and the like.