Maltitol, as safe food ingredient, has been used in various kinds of human and animal products. The World Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization and Food Additives Professional Committee have approved its safety and no restriction on daily usage.

•  Application in functional foods

  Almost, Maltiltol will not be decomposed in human body, so it can be used as food material for diabetics and obese patients.
   

• Used in candy and chocolate production

  Maltitol has excellent characteristicssuch as unique flavor, good taste, moisture retention and non-crystallinity. So it can be used to make a variety of candies, including foamed marshmallow, hard candy, transparent soft candy and so on.
   

• Application in fruit juice drinks

  Maltitol has a certain degree of viscosity, and difficult to be fermented. So in the manufacture of suspended fruit juice beverage or lactic acid beverage, maltitol used as additives can partially replace granulated sugarr, which can make the beverage with a full mouth feel and smooth taste.
   

•  Application in frozen food
  The use of maltitol in ice cream can make the product delicate and thick, sweet and delicious, and extend the shelf life.
  In addition, as a stabilizer of vitamin C, when maltitol is heated with vitamin C, the oxidation and decomposition of vitamin C can be reduced and inhibited, and the color deepening phenomenon will not occur. Maltitol has good fluidity and compression formability, has the characteristics of hardness proportional to pressure, suitable for tablet processing, good mixing uniformity with other raw materials, and can be used as an excipient for tablet products.