D-mannose is a type of sugar that's related to the better-known glucose. These sugars are both simple sugars -that is, they consist of just one molecule of sugar. As well, both occur naturally in your body and are also found in some plants in the form of starch. This sugar is also found in certain nutritional supplements, available as capsules or powders.
Food sugar supplements and pharmaceutical raw material.D-Mannose is a natural occurring simple sugar that appears to be a safe, practical alternative for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI's). D-Mannose is absorbed eight times slower than glucose, and when ingested, is not converted to glycogen or stored in the liver, but rather goes directly to the blood stream from the upper GI tract. Hence, D-Mannose is mostly filtered through the kidneys and routed to the bladder.
1. Mannose can be used for additives of food and beverage.
2. Mannose can be used for healthcare supplements.
Taste: Sweetness is one of the indicators of many foods. In order to make food and drink have a palatability, a certain amount of sweetener should be added.
Flavor adjustment and enhancement, in pastry generally need sweet; In drinks, the adjustment of flavor is "sugar to acid ratio".
Sweeteners give products good flavor while retaining fresh taste.
The formation of flavor, sweetness and the flavor of many foods are complementary to each other, and the taste of many products is produced by the combination of flavor substances and sweeteners, so many foods are added with sweeteners.
Development of Sweeteners
Nutritional sweetener refers to a sweetener with the same sweetness as sucrose, and its calorific value is more than 2% of sucrose calorific value. Nonnutritive sweeteners are defined as caloric value less than 2% of sucrose caloric value.
Natural non-nutritive sweeteners are increasingly paid attention to, is the development trend of sweeteners, WHO pointed out that more than a quarter of the American people require low-calorie food. In sucrose substitutes, the United States mainly uses aspartame, up to more than 90%, Japan mainly uses stevia glycoside, and Europeans are more interested in AK sugar (acesulfames). All three non-nutritive sweeteners are available in China.