Digestive health is one of the most concerned health problems of consumers, and has become the most common functional claim in food and beverage products in China in recent years. polydextrose, as a high-quality water-soluble dietary fiber, has the functions of keeping the intestines and stomach unobstructed, increasing the sense of satiety, reducing the blood glucose level after meals, and also has the effect of prebiotics.
Regulatory status
China: used as food additives, nutrition enhancers and food ingredients
Japan: approved by the Ministry of health and welfare as food application
United States: FDA approved for use as a filler formulation adjuvant, moisturizer and tissue modifier
EU: use as food additive
Physical and chemical indexes
Item | Index | |
Liquid | Solid | |
Loss on drying%, ≤ | -- | 4 |
Solids%, ≥ | 70 | -- |
Ash content (calculated on dry basis)%, ≤ | 0.3 | 0.3 |
pH | 2.5-7.0 | 2.5-7.0 |
Polydextrose content)%,≥ | 90 | 90 |
Transmittance%,≥ | 75 | -- |
As (mg/kg),≤ | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Pb (mg/kg),≤ | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Sulfur dioxide residue(g/kg),≤ | 0.04 | 0.04 |
1.6-dehydrated-d-glucose%,≤ | 4 | 4 |
Glucose and mountain alcoho%,≤ | 6 | 6 |
5-hydroxymethyl sugar aldehyde%,≤ | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Application
Scope of application | Application examples | Reference addition (%) |
Health products | Fiber tablet, capsule, oral liquid | 30-90 |
Drinks | Solid beverage, carbonated beverage, mineral water, sports beverage | 1-3 |
Candy | Hard candy, chocolate, jelly, gum | 5-30 |
Dairy | Milk, soy milk, yogurt, milk powder | 1-5 |
Flour products | Steamed bread, bread, cakes, biscuits, vermicelli, instant noodles | 25-30 |
Meat product | Ham sausage, lunch meat, sandwich, meat floss, stuffing | 25-30 |
Liquor | Production of high fiber health wine with Baijiu, yellow wine, beer, fruit wine and medicinal liquor | 3-6 |
Condiment | Spicy sauce, jam, soy sauce, vinegar, hot pot, instant noodle soup | 10-15 |
Pharmaceutical base material | Fiber tablet, oral liquid, capsule, injection | 30-90 |
Frozen food | Ice cream, popsicle, jelly, ice cream | 0.5-5 |