What are the functional properties and applications of the food additive maltitol?

Maltitol is a ditol obtained by hydrolyzing, hydrogenating and refining starch, and its chemical name is 4-O-2-O glucopyranosyl sorbitol.
Its sweetness is equivalent to 90% of sucrose, and it has a mild sweetness, no aftertaste and excellent taste. The calorific value is one tenth of sucrose, providing 2.1 kcal per gram, making it a low-calorie functional sweetener. It is hygroscopic, difficult to be fermented by microorganisms and has many excellent physiological and functional properties. Maltitol has been widely used in food, chemical, health care and cosmetic industries.
Functional properties of maltitol

1.1 Low-calorie maltitol utilization rate is low, in the animal body is difficult to be digested and metabolized, is a low-calorie sweetener (generally believed to be only 2.1 kcal / g), which can be avoided due to sugar consumption and lead to the conversion of glycogen to fat may be, greatly reducing the rate of obesity in the human body.
1.2 will not cause an increase in blood glucose concentration, does not stimulate insulin secretion of Japan, such as fine valley in 1971 to 27 to 56 years of age of adult men to 0.5g per kilogram of body weight maltitol intake test, after a week, found that a variety of blood components, such as blood glucose, insulin and inorganic substances and other no significant changes; and in the same case, glucose intake of people with the opposite results. It proves that maltitol does not cause blood sugar to rise after ingestion and does not stimulate insulin secretion, thus it is a kind of gospel for diabetic patients.
1.3 Eating with fat, can inhibit the excessive storage of human fat maltitol does not stimulate the activity of insulin, which also reduces the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and the vitality that plays a key role in the uptake of fat in the bloodstream and storage in the adipose tissues of the animal, thus maltitol and fat with food compared with sucrose or other sweeteners with fat caused by less fat storage, so it has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of obesity patients. Certain effects.
1.4 It has the property of inhibiting dental caries. Experiments have proved that maltitol is not easy to be converted into acid by streptococcus bacteria in the oral cavity, and it can also inhibit the production of glucan by the bacteria, thus inhibiting the production of dental caries.
1.5 It can promote the absorption of calcium Maltitol can improve the absorption and retention of calcium. Therefore, maltitol has obvious preventive and therapeutic effects on bone diseases caused by calcium intake but insufficient absorption in children and the elderly.
1.6 safety polyols adverse factors manifested in excessive intake will cause gastrointestinal discomfort or abdominal ringing, but a variety of different sugar alcohols diarrhea-causing properties are not the same, maltitol diarrhea-causing thresholds than xylitol and sorbitol is much larger. For maltitol, intake of 100g per person per day will not cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
Applications of Maltitol
2.1 In the functional food applications maltitol in the body almost does not decompose, so can be used as diabetics, obese patients of food ingredients. Examples of low-calorie cream cake recipes are shown in Table 1:

2.2 Used in candy, chocolate production due to the flavor of maltitol taste good, with good moisture and non-crystalline, can be used to manufacture a variety of confectionery, including foaming marshmallows, hard candies, transparent fudge and so on. Examples of maltitol manufacturing confectionery formulations such as Table 2:

2.3 Application in juice drinks Maltitol has a certain viscosity, and difficult fermentation, so in the manufacture of suspended juice drinks or lactic acid drinks, add maltitol instead of part of the sugar, can make the drinks taste rich and lubricating.
2.4 In the frozen food application of ice cream using maltitol, can make the product delicate and thick, sweet and delicious, and extend the shelf life. As a food additive, maltitol is allowed to be used in cold drinks, pastries, fruit juices, cookies, bread, sauces and candies, and the dosage can be determined according to the production needs.