What is the difference between glucose monohydrate and glucose anhydrous?
Apr 03, 2024
Glucose can be divided into: glucose monohydrate and glucose anhydrous according to different manufacturing processes.
Glucose monohydrate: A product containing clean water obtained by liquefying and saccharifying the glucose liquid obtained from starch or starch as raw material, and then refining, concentrating, cooling and crystallizing it.
Anhydrous glucose: A product made from starch or starch as raw material, liquefied and saccharified glucose liquid, and then refined, concentrated, evaporated and crystallized.
Hydrodextrose, which looks like a white granular powder, has different effects and functions in various industries. In the food and beverage industries that we are familiar with, this substance is mainly used by people as a sweetener to be put into the beverages and foods we eat. In addition, in the leather shoe industry, this drug is also very effective and is used as a reducing agent. In the pharmaceutical companies that attract the most attention, it can mainly be used to prepare enteral nutrition solutions or prepare intravenous solutions through a certain concentration. Crystallized glucose monohydrate is divided into food-grade glucose and pharmaceutical glucose. Food-grade glucose is mainly used in the food processing industry and vegetable preservation industry. Glucose monohydrate can be produced into sorbitol after hydrogenation. Pharmaceutical grade glucose monohydrate is mainly used as a raw material (auxiliary material) for oral medicine. Crystallized glucose monohydrate can be further processed to produce anhydrous glucose.
The difference in moisture content between glucose monohydrate and anhydrous glucose is about 8 points. Glucose monohydrate is divided into food grade glucose and pharmaceutical grade glucose.
1) Food-grade glucose is mainly used in the food processing industry and vegetable preservation industry.
2) Glucose monohydrate can be hydrogenated to produce sorbitol.
3) Pharmaceutical grade glucose monohydrate is mainly used as a raw material (auxiliary material) for oral medicine.
4) Crystallized glucose monohydrate can be further processed to produce anhydrous glucose.
