D-Xylose or wood sugar is an aldopentose obtained from plants rich in hemicelluloses, such as sawdust, rice straw and corn cobs. It can be dissolved in hot ethanol and pyridine easily. Its sweetness is 67% of sucrose. Xylose has similar chemical properties to glucose, and it can be reduced to corresponding alcohol, i.e. xylitol, or oxidized into 3-hydroxy glutarate.
Xylose is the main material for the production of xylitol in China, and xylose was approved as a non-calorific sweetener by several countries.
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1. TECH Index
ITEM |
STANDARD |
APPEARANCE |
WHITE CRYSTALS |
SOLUBILITY |
FREELY SOLUBLE IN WATER, SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL |
ASSAY(C5H10O5) |
98.0-101.0% MIN |
OTHER SACCHARIDE |
2.0% MAX |
OPTICAL ROTATION |
+17.0°~+20.0° |
PH |
3.0-6.0 |
MOSITURE |
1.0% MAX |
RESIDUE ON IGNITION |
0.05% MAX |
HEAVY METALS (Pb) |
0.001% MAX |
ARSENIC |
0.0002% MAX |
IRON (AS Fe) |
0.0005% MAX |
SULFATE |
50PPM MAX |
TRANSMITTANCE |
95.0% MIN |
TOTAL BACTERIA COUNT |
1000PCS/G MAX |
MOLDS AND YEASTS |
100PCS/G MAX |
ESCHERICHIA COLI |
NEGATIVE |
2. Application:
- pharmaceutical Intermediates and medical ingredients
- flavour and pet food industries
- production of savoury flavours
- golden brown colour in food Industries
Crystal product is 25 kg / compound bag; lined plastic bags; liquid product is 65 kg / plastic drum, 200 kg / plastic barrel.