ApplicationsIt's widely used in chocolate, baked goods, candy, table sugar, soft drinks, etc. Working as high sweetness sweetener diluent and low-calorie sweeteners. Erythritol is sugar alcohol (or polyol) that has been used as a food additive. It has been found in some fruits and fermented foods. At the industrial production, it is produced from glucose by fermentation by Moniliella pollinis. With its advantage of 60-70% as sweet as table sugar, it is almost noncaloric, does not affect blood sugar, does not cause tooth decay, and is partially absorbed by the body, excreted in urine and feces. It is less likely to cause gastric side effects than other sugar alcohols because of its unique digestion pathway.  Test Result Appearance White crystalline powder, without the impurity that can be seen by eye Odor and Taste No unusual odor and clear sweet, like sucrose no stink, no unusual taste Assay Min 99.5% Melting point 119-123ºC Residue on Ignition Max 0.10% Loss on drying Max 0.20% Heavy metal Max 0.5 ppm As Max 2.0ppm Lead Max 0.5mg/kg Ash Max 0.01% Reducing substances Max0.3% Ribitol and Glycerol Max0.02% Solubility Freely soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, insoluble in diethyl ether Bacterium total Max 1000 cfu/g E.coli Not detective Main Peak in HPLC The retention time of the major peak in the chromatogram of Assay Solution corresponds to that in the chromatogram of the Standard Solution obtained in the Assay