Maltitol is sugar-free. Sugar-free food generally refers to sweetened foods that do not contain sucrose (cane sugar and beet sugar), glucose, maltose, fructose, etc., but sugar-free foods should contain sugar alcohols (including xylitol, maltitol, sorbitol, mannitol) and other alternatives. Maltitol, as a new type of sweetener, is widely used in sugar-flavored food processing.

Is maltitol sugar-free

Maltitol, also known as hydrogenated maltose, is a disaccharide consisting of one molecule of glucose connected to one sorbitol through an α-1,4-bond. It is a colorless transparent crystal, soluble in water, insoluble in methanol and ethanol.

The hemiacetal hydroxyl group of maltose is reduced to hydroxyl, converted to maltitol, increasing the sweetness, the relative sweetness is about 0.9 times that of sucrose, and the flavor is pure and close to sucrose.