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C12H24O11
344.31 g/mol
Food Additive

Lactitol

CAS585-86-4EC209-566-5
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Alcohol
Primary Use
bulk sweetener for low calorie foods

Lactitol is a disaccharide sugar alcohol derived from lactose, used as a bulk sweetener with 30–40% of the sweetness of sucrose. It is commonly incorporated into low-calorie foods and also serves as a laxative for medical purposes.

bulk sweetener for low-calorie foodslaxative

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

(2S,3R,4R,5R)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyhexane-1,2,3,5,6-pentol

InChIKey

VQHSOMBJVWLPSR-JVCRWLNRSA-N

SMILES

C([C@@H]1[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O1)O[C@H]([C@@H](CO)O)[C@@H]([C@H](CO)O)O)O)O)O)O

Synonyms (40)
  • E-966
  • Lactitol (NF/INN)
  • Lactitolum [INN-Latin]
  • D-lactitol
  • Emportal
  • Finlac dc
  • Floralac
  • INS NO.966
  • Importal
  • Importal (TN)
  • LACTITOL ANHYDROUS
  • Lacitol
  • Lactit
  • Lactitol acm 50
  • Lactosit
  • Lacty (saccharide)
  • Milchen
  • Miruhen
  • Neda Lactiv Importal
  • Oponaf
  • Pizensy (TN)
  • Portolac
  • lactite
  • lactitol
  • lactitolum
  • lactobiosit
  • lactositol
  • pizensy