C4H10O4
122.12 g/mol
Food AdditiveWarning
Meso-Erythritol
CAS149-32-6EC205-737-3
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Alcohol
Primary Use
non-nutritive sweetener and humectant
Meso-erythritol is a naturally occurring sugar alcohol found in fruits and fermented foods. It is widely used as a non-nutritive sweetener and humectant in food products, and also serves as a pharmaceutical intermediate.
non-nutritive sweetener in beverages and foodshumectant and carrier in food productsmanufacture of erythrityl tetranitrate
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Safety Reference
Warning
H315Causes skin irritation
H319Causes serious eye irritation
H335May cause respiratory irritation
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
(2S,3R)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol
InChIKey
UNXHWFMMPAWVPI-ZXZARUISSA-N
SMILES
C([C@H]([C@H](CO)O)O)O
Synonyms (50)
- E-3000
- E-968
- MRY
- Erythritol, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
- Erythritol, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
- (2R,3S)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol
- (2S,3R)-butane-1,2,3,4-tetrol
- 1,2,3,4-Butanetetrol
- 1,3,4-Butanetetrol, (R*,S*)-
- 1,3,4-Tetrahydroxybutane
- Antierythrite
- Butanetetrol
- C*Eridex
- Cargill Zerose 16957
- D-ERYTHRITOL
- ERYTHRITOL [MART.]
- Erythrit
- Erythrite
- Erythritol
- Erythritol (NF)
- Erythritol CRS
- Erythritol, food grade
- Erythritol, meso-
- Erythroglucin
- Erythrol (VAN)
- INS NO.968
- L-(-)-Threitol
- L-Erythritol
- Lichen sugar
- Paycite
- Phycite
- Phycitol
- Tetrahydroxybutane
- ZEROSE TM 16957
- erythro-tetritol
- i-Erythritol
- meso-Erythritol
- meso-Erythritol (Standard)
- meso-Eythritol