الوصف

 1.Dentifrices:As humectant, viscosity and bodying agent for pastes or gels dentifrices.

2.Medicinal Chemistry:Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is mainly semi-synthetised from sorbitol by fermentation process by Baccillus suboxydant.

3.Pharmaceuticals:In oral or topical preparation, it is used as humectant, sweetener, bodying and viscosity agent, vehicle, anti-caplocking and texture improvement. In other case, sorbitol is useful to promote the absorption of certain minerals such as Cs, Sr, F and vitamins B*2. In high concentration, sorbitol is a stabiliser for unstable vitamins and antibiotics.

4.Toiletries-Cosmetics:As humectant or emollients, viscosity agent and to promote stability of goods. It has wide usage in shampoo, astringent, and other emulsion system of cosmetics.

5.Foods and Beverages:As sweeteners and humectant, either on diabetics or dietetics purpose.

6.Chemical Industries

7.Surfactant Industries:Sorbitol gives most contributions in synthetic surfactants (surface active agents), such as Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan FattyAcid Esters and Sorbitan FattyAcid Esters.

8.Polyurethane Industries:Sorbitol, together with other polyhydric alcohols such as glycerol, is one of the ingredients in alkyl resins and rigid polyurethane foams manufacturing.

9.Other Applications:In tobacco industries, sorbitol may give mild effect in sniff, good humectant agent, and is also to avoid acrolein formation which formed in burned glycerine.

*0.In textile industries, sorbitol is used as softener and colour stabiliser, and as softener in leather industries.