Polydextrose Application Areas:
- Ice cream
- Baked goods and baking mixes
- Sweet sauces
- Chewing gum
- Jellies
- Gelatines, puddings and fillings
- Confections and frostings
- Fruit spreads
- Hard candy , soft candy
- Low-calorie, low-sugar, low-fat foods
- All kinds of beverage
- Mineral water
- Milk or milk powder
- Health care products.
- Pharmaceutical
Polydextrose has similar technological properties to sugar and functions in food as a humectant, bulking agent, stabiliser and texturiser. It can be also used as a food ingredient when present in significant quantities as a replacement for sugar and/or starch in food where lower energy content is desired.
As food additives, Polydextrose has the following usage:
•1.Health care products: 30% to 90%
•2. Beverage: 0.5%-5%
•3. Dairy products: 1%-5%
•4. Candies and confectionery: 5%-30%
•5. Sweet snacks: 0.5%-6%
•6. Ice snacks: 0.5%-6%
•7. Wines: 0.5%-5%
•8. Flour Products: 5%-20%
•9. Seasoning Products: 10%-15%
•10. Soup materials: 10%-15%
•11. Meat products: 2.5%-3%.