- Ceimic an Bhia Food Chemistry
- Leigheas Medicine
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- mannitol s
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a sweet, crystalline, hexahydric alcohol, CH2OH(CHOH)4CH2OH, known in three optically isomeric forms, which is found in many plants and is used extensively as a food additive, in kidney function tests, and in explosives
Bíonn an chuid sin den táirge nach D-sorbatól í, comhshuite don chuid is mó d'olagaisiúicrídí hidriginithe a dhéantar trí shíoróip ghlúcóis a úsáidtear mar amhábhair (agus sa chás sin is síoróip nach gcriostalaíonn atá inti) nó trí mannatól, a hidriginiú.
That part of the product which is not D-sorbitol is composed mainly of hydrogenated oligosaccharides formed by the hydrogenation of glucose syrup used as raw material (in which case the syrup is non-crystallising) or mannitol.