Ethyl Maltol Raw Materials Ethyl Maltol Powder

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Ethyl Maltol Usage and Function.

Ethyl malt phenol is a commonly used high efficient synthetic flavor enhancer with a wide range of applications.

It can be used as a good aroma booster for tobacco, food, beverage, flavors, fruit wines, daily-use cosmetics, etc. It has a significant effect on the improvement and enhancement of the aroma of food products, and plays a sweetening role in sweets, and it can prolong the storage period of food products.

Ethyl malt phenol is especially suitable for vanilla, chocolate and caramel flavored products, and is also an excellent aroma enhancer for fruity, sweet and floral flavors.

In addition, both ethyl maltol and maltol have sweetening properties and can be added to non-carbonated fruit drinks to reduce the amount of sugar used.

Uses of Ethyl Maltol.

Ethyl malt phenol is a safe, non-toxic, versatile, effective and low dosage of the ideal flavor enhancer, the improvement and enhancement of the aroma of food has a significant effect on the sweet food sweeteners play a sweetening effect, and can extend the storage period of food.

It is widely used in tobacco, food, beverage, flavor, fruit wine, daily use cosmetics and other products. It has significant effect on the improvement and enhancement of the flavor of foodstuffs, plays a sweetening effect on sweets, and has antibacterial and anticorrosive properties, which can prolong the storage period of foodstuffs.

China GB2760-86 regulations for the permitted use of food and spices. Mainly used in the preparation of strawberry, grape, pineapple, vanilla and other flavors.

Ethyl malt phenol is a flavor enhancer, widely cynical used in food, cigarettes, drugs, beverages, toothpaste and cosmetics, is a safe and non-toxic, with aroma, sweetening, preserving the aroma and cover the role of off-flavors and other food additives.

And malt phenol belongs to the same pyranone derivatives, ethyl malt phenol aroma effect is about 6 times of malt phenol. Mice oral LD5050-1200mg/kg.

Characteristic of Ethyl Maltol.

White or slightly yellow needle-like crystals or crystalline powder, with the aroma of sweet caramel. Melting point 89～93℃. Soluble in hot water, ethanol and other organic solvents, slightly soluble in water.

Solubility in water (g/100mL) is: 1.53 at 15 ℃, 1.81 at 25 ℃, 16.66 at 100 ℃, the aqueous solution is slightly acidic, 10.0 in ethanol, propylene glycol is 5.88.

At room temperature there is a large degree of volatility, it is advisable to store in closed containers. Rat oral LD50150mg/kg, Adl0~2mg/kg (FAO/WHO, 1994).

Product method of Bulk Ethyl Maltol Powder.

There are mainly fermentation method, sugar alcohol chlorination method and sugar aldehyde method.

1. Fermentation by starch fermentation to get monascus acid, and then by etherification, oxidation, debenzyl, decarboxylation, hydroxylation, reduction and get ethyl maltol.

2. Sugar alcohol chlorination method of sugar alcohol oxidation with chlorine (or oxidation with sodium hypochlorite), heat decomposition of pyrogallic acid, and then with the reaction of acetaldehyde, reduction of ethyl maltol.

3. Sugar aldehyde method with furfural as raw material and ethyl Gram reagent reaction to furfuryl acetone, and then oxidized with chlorine, and then hydrolyzed to produce ethyl maltol.

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