Description

MALTISORB^® maltitol is a sugar-free bulk sweetener in the polyol family.

Polyols are carbohydrates occurring naturally in various fruits and vegetables. Roquette produces them directly from cereals.

MALTISORB^® maltitol is an hydrogenated disaccharide, consisting of glucose and sorbitol; it is made by the hydrogenation of D-maltose, a sugar obtained from starch.

MALTISORB^® maltitol is an anhydrous crystalline white powder. A unique Roquette process guarantees a purity higher than 99%.

The best sucrose substitute

A bulk sweetener, maltitol virtually tastes as sweet as sugar (sucrose). In its food applications it offers the same useful functionalities as sugar - bulk, texture, mouth-feel and shelf-stability - but with fewer calories and a decreased risk of triggering cavities. All these characteristics make MALTISORB^® maltitol an invaluable ingredient for sugar replacement.

MALTISORB^® maltitol is not an artificial intense sweetener (such as aspartame, acesulfame-k, sucralose, saccharin, etc.).
Intense sweeteners are up to 400 times as sweet as sugar.  Therefore extremely low quantities are used to confer sweetness and the 'volume' of sugar that was removed from the recipe is not compensated for. Furthermore, they have a rather unpleasant metallic aftertaste.

Maltitol, on the other hand, behaves just like sugar, confering both sweetness and 'volume' to recipes. Moreover its taste is very similar to that of sugar, with no metallic aftertaste. 

Maltitol also works very well with intense sweeteners whenever especially high levels of sweetness are demanded. In such cases the quantity of intense sweetener added is less critical than it is for other, less sweet polyols.