Sorbitol Powder

Product Description

Sorbitol is a sugar substitute. It may be listed under the inactive ingredients listed for some foods and products. Its INS number andE number is 420. Sorbitol has approximately 60% the sweetness of sucrose (table sugar).

Sorbitol is referred to as a nutritive sweetener because it provides dietary energy: 2.6 kilocalories (11 kilojoules) per gram versus the average 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules) for carbohydrates. It is often used in diet foods (including diet drinks and ice cream), mints,cough syrups, and sugar-free chewing gum.
# Sorbitol can be used as a non-stimulant laxative via an oral suspension or enema.
# Sorbitol often is used in modern cosmetics as a humectant and thickener. Sorbitol often is used in mouthwash and toothpaste. Some transparent gels can be made only with sorbitol, as it has a refractive index sufficiently high for transparent formulations
#Sorbitol is used in bacterial culture media to distinguish the pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 from most other strains of E. coli, as it is usually incapable of fermenting sorbitol, but 93% of known E. coli strains are capable of doing so.