Introduction
In food industry,erythritol, as substitute of cane sugar, is widely used in food manufacturing such as baking and roasting foods, cakes, dairy produce, chocolate, all kinds candies, dessert, gum, soft drink, ice-cream etc. which keeps foods good in color, sweet-smelling, sapor and prevent foods from deterioration.
Functions and Applications
Erythritol glycol is very suitable for diabetics, because it is not easy to be degraded by enzymes, so it is not involved in glycemic metabolism and glucose changes. It can also be used as a substitute for low-calorie health food, which is very suitable for patients with obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular
Erythritol, decay resistance function of sugar alcohol is very obvious, is the main reason of the caries occur due to corrosion of streptococcus mutans of oral teeth enamel, because of erythritol, sugar alcohol cannot be used by the pathogen, and thus made of candy and special cleaning teeth to protect children's oral health has a very positive role.