What's the difference between erythritol and Liquid Inulin? Erythritol is a kind of filling sweetener. It is a four-carbon sugar alcohol. The English name is meso-Erythritol, 1-2-3-4-Butanetetrol; the molecular formula is C4H10O4. It can be produced by glucose fermentation. The product form is white crystalline powder, slightly sweet, and has a cool sensation. It is soluble in water (37%, 25℃). Because of its low solubility (compared with sucrose), it is easy to crystallize and is suitable for those that require sucrose taste. Food, which has 20 calories per 100 grams, is mainly used for sugar substitutes.
However, erythritol also has side effects, that is, overdose will cause bloating, and long-term use may destroy the balance of intestinal flora. It is currently on the market at about US$4 per kilogram.
The sweetness of erythritol is equivalent to 70% of that of sucrose. It is ubiquitous in nature, such as fungi, mushrooms, lichens, melons and fruits, melons, grapes, pears, animal eye lenses, plasma, fetal fluid, semen, and urine. It can also be detected in a small amount, and it is also present in a small amount in fermented food wine, beer, soy sauce, and Japanese sake. Production methods can be divided into two types: microbial fermentation and chemical synthesis.
The main manufacturing methods are: starch-liquefaction-saccharification-glucose-production strain fermentation-filtration-chromatography-purification-concentration-crystallization-separation-drying.
Relatively liquid inulin (liquid inulin) is mainly derived from Jerusalem artichoke (Jerusalem artichoke). The product specifications include: 60% inulin and 90% inulin. It is mainly made of selected Jerusalem artichoke tubers as raw materials. Filtration and other processes produce a kind of short-chain inulin with a degree of polymerization of less than 10, which is a kind of dietary fiber with sugar substitute function and belongs to natural prebiotic products.
Let me introduce you to sugar substitutes. Sugar substitutes are low-calorie or no-calorie sweeteners. As long as the food additives that can add sweetness to food belong to the category of sugar substitutes. The main categories include: natural sweeteners, sugar alcohols, and artificial sweeteners (the risk is gradually increasing and not advisable).
Natural sweeteners are extracted from plants and are gradually discovered by humans and then extracted for use. Common sweeteners include inulin and mogroside and so on.
Sugar alcohol has a good taste, close to the sweetness of sucrose, but high in calories. Common ones include xylitol and sorbitol.
Liquid inulin is produced by hot water extraction, decolorization, deionization, sucrose, glucose, fructose, and short-chain inulin with DP<10 through membrane interception, which is equivalent to 50-60% of sucrose. It can be used in food, dairy products, beverages, health care products, soft sweets, chocolate and other fields.
It contains short-chain inulin (DP2-10), which is characterized by high dietary fiber content and a compound functional sugar to replace sucrose. Because it is in the form of syrup, liquid inulin is more convenient to use.
It is worth mentioning that liquid inulin can be applied to Maillard reaction in food processing. Maillard reaction is also a common non-enzymatic browning phenomenon. Almost all foods containing carbonyl and amino groups can produce Maillard under heating conditions. reaction. Maillard reaction can give food a unique flavor and color. Therefore, Maillard reaction has become a hotspot in food research and is a technology inseparable from the modern food industry. It is used in food baking, coffee processing, meat processing, flavor production, wine brewing, etc. Widely used in the field. But erythritol does not.
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