Naturally Fermented Erythritol

Product Introduction

Erythritol is a four-carbon sugar alcohol sweetener produced through natural fermentation, using non-GMO glucose as the raw material and specific microbial strains. Its sweetness intensity is approximately 60%-70% that of sucrose, offering a pure, mild sweet taste without any bitter or metallic aftertaste. Regarding metabolic properties, due to its small molecular weight (approx. 122.12 g/mol), erythritol is primarily rapidly absorbed through the small intestine. Over 90% is excreted unchanged in the urine without metabolism, and the remainder reaching the large intestine is not fermented by gut microbiota. Consequently, it contributes almost no calories (<0.2 kcal/g), has a glycemic index (GI) of zero, and does not cause gastrointestinal discomfort, making it particularly suitable for long-term use by diabetics, weight managers, and health-conscious consumers.

In terms of physicochemical properties, erythritol exhibits excellent thermal and chemical stability. It maintains its sweetness without degradation within a pH range of 2-10 and at processing temperatures up to 180°C, making it suitable for various food processing conditions like baking, high-temperature sterilization, and acidic beverages. It demonstrates good solubility (approximately 37 g/100 mL water at room temperature), and its endothermic dissolution produces a mild cooling sensation—a unique advantage in refreshing foods and personal care products. Furthermore, erythritol is not utilized by cariogenic oral bacteria, helping to reduce plaque formation and contributing to dental health. 

From a regulatory and safety perspective, erythritol is recognized as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the U.S. FDA and is approved for use as a food additive by authoritative bodies including the EU and China, with no specified Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). Its production via natural fermentation aligns with global clean label trends and can be labeled as "Natural Sweetener" or "Ferment Derived," meeting modern consumer demand for ingredient transparency, health, and safety.

Product Specifications

Product Applications

1. Eye Care Products

    In eye creams, eye masks, and eye serums, erythritol plays a key role as an excellent natural humectant and skin feel modifier. Its molecular structure contains multiple hydrophilic hydroxyl groups that effectively capture and lock in moisture, forming a light moisturizing film on the delicate eye area. This significantly enhances the product's hydrating properties, providing lasting relief from dryness and helping to diminish fine lines caused by dehydration. More uniquely, erythritol's endothermic dissolution produces an immediate, mild cooling sensation upon application. This effectively soothes puffiness and alleviates fatigue and tension from eye strain, enhancing the user experience. Furthermore, erythritol is chemically stable and highly compatible with common active ingredients (like niacinamide, vitamin C derivatives, peptides), without compromising their stability or efficacy. It also helps improve the product's overall texture for easy application and absorption, without a sticky feel.

2. Sleep Aid Products

    In sleep sprays, overnight masks, calming aromatherapy blends, and sleep balms designed to promote relaxation and sleep, erythritol acts as a versatile base. Its pure, mild sweetness subtly complements the scents of calming essential oils like lavender, chamomile, and sandalwood, helping to create a warm, soothing sensory environment that promotes relaxation on both taste and olfactory levels, thereby reinforcing the sleep-inducing effect. Its superior moisturizing properties help maintain skin's moisture balance overnight, particularly for facial and body skin, preventing discomfort from dryness or tightness, thus creating better surface conditions for deep sleep. As a carrier ingredient, it also facilitates the even distribution and sustained release of active aromatic molecules or other sleep-promoting actives, prolonging their effect and enhancing the product's overall performance.

3. Meat Snacks

    In savory meat products like beef jerky, meat jerky, pork floss, and poultry snacks, erythritol serves as an ideal flavor balancer and quality improver. Its refreshing sweetness effectively balances the inherent saltiness and any potential gaminess of the meat, resulting in a more harmonious, multi-layered flavor profile and improved palatability. Erythritol's very low hygroscopicity is crucial for meat snacks, helping them maintain a dry texture and crisp/chewy mouthfeel during processing and storage. It effectively prevents the product from becoming soft or sticky due to moisture absorption, significantly extending shelf life. Adding erythritol during marinating or processing also improves the water-holding capacity of the meat, reducing moisture loss during cooking, resulting in a more tender and juicy final product with enhanced texture.

4. Shampoo and Hair Care Products

    In hair care products such as shampoos, conditioners, hair masks, and scalp serums, erythritol is widely used as a safe viscosity modifier and humectant. It appropriately adjusts the product's viscosity, improving its flow and spreadability, leading to finer, richer lather during shampooing and easier, more even application of conditioners. After use, erythritol forms a light moisturizing layer on the hair, helping to reduce moisture loss, leaving strands softer, shinier, easier to detangle, and effectively reducing static. Its gentle nature makes it non-irritating to the scalp, suitable especially for sensitive scalps or those seeking mild formulations. Additionally, it aids in the uniform distribution of other active ingredients (like scalp care agents, reparative proteins) on the hair and scalp, enhancing the product's overall efficacy.

5.  Chocolate Products

    In sugar-free chocolates, low-sugar chocolate spreads, chocolate coatings, and chocolate confectionery, erythritol is a high-quality sucrose substitute. It provides about 60%-70% of the sweetness of sucrose with a clean taste and contributes necessary bulk, giving chocolate a full-bodied mouthfeel. Its low hygroscopicity is vital for chocolate products, effectively preventing surface blooming (sugar or fat bloom) and graininess caused by humidity changes during storage, thereby maintaining the chocolate's glossy appearance and crisp snap. Its physical properties are compatible with cocoa butter, not interfering with the chocolate tempering process and ensuring the final product has good meltability and a smooth mouthfeel. The slight cooling sensation upon dissolution creates a unique contrast with chocolate's rich flavor, adding depth and a refreshing aftertaste.

6.  Iced Tea Beverages

    In ready-to-drink bottled iced teas, tea concentrates, powdered tea drinks, and freshly brewed iced teas, erythritol demonstrates unique advantages as a sweetener. Its rapid dissolution allows it to achieve sweetness equilibrium quickly in cold tea, requiring minimal stirring or waiting. Erythritol exhibits excellent acid stability, remaining intact in the typically low pH environment of tea beverages. It maintains a consistent sweetness level throughout the shelf life without hydrolysis causing loss of sweetness or off-flavors. Its characteristic cooling sensation complements the slight astringency of tea polyphenols, not only masking some astringency but also creating an exceptionally refreshing, thirst-quenching drinking experience. This makes it particularly suitable for summer beverages and meets consumer demand for low-sugar, low-calorie healthy tea options.

7.  Other Applications

    The applications of erythritol extend far beyond these areas. In **oral care products** (e.g., toothpaste, mouthwash, oral sprays), its non-cariogenic property helps reduce dental plaque, contributing to oral health, while providing a pleasant sweetness and cooling sensation. In **functional gel foods** (e.g., energy gels, jellies, puddings), it acts as a texture modifier, providing suitable sweetness and mouthfeel, and improving water retention. In **pet food**, it serves as a safe palatability enhancer, increasing pets' interest in food. Furthermore, it is used as a flavoring agent in **pharmaceutical excipients** (e.g., syrups, lozenges) and as a humectant in **personal care products** (e.g., moisturizing sprays, lotions). Its versatility and high safety profile offer broad possibilities and a reliable raw material choice for product innovation and upgrading across food, health products, cosmetics, and other industries.

Packaging & Shipping

We usually use bulk cargo, tank trucks, container transportation. We will arrange the most cost-effective shipping method according to the quantity of products. All products will be re-inspected before shipping. We guarantee that all products are strictly inspected and in good condition before shipment, and we strive for 100% customer satisfaction in every sale completed. The packaging is standard export packing, or customized packaging according to your requirements, professional cargo transportation agent.

Sales Service

Pre-sales service: Provide application solution support for customers before purchasing to help customers understand products and applications.

Product consultation: Answer customers' questions about product functions, features, prices, usage and other questions in detail.

Demand analysis: Recommend suitable product solutions based on the customer's industry, scenarios, pain points, etc.

Information provision: such as product manuals, case studies, quotations, etc., to assist customers in decision-making.

In-sale service: Provide convenience and support to customers during the transaction process to ensure smooth transactions.

Order processing: Quickly and accurately enter order information to confirm product specifications, quantities, delivery dates, etc.

Payment guidance: Assist customers in completing the payment process and answer questions about payment methods and invoicing.

Progress communication: Timely feedback to customers on order processing progress, logistics information, etc., so that customers can rest assured.

After-Sales Service: Ongoing support provided to customers after the transaction is completed, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Return and exchange processing: Handle the return and exchange procedures for customers in accordance with regulations to reduce customer worries.

Customer return visits: understand customer usage, collect feedback, and provide basis for product improvement and service optimization.

Company Profile

Founded in 1997, Bowlingbao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. has always focused on modern bioengineering technologies such as enzyme engineering and fermentation engineering, engaged in the research and development, manufacturing and program services of functional sugars, and is a national key high-tech enterprise led by bioengineering, a national key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization, a national manufacturing single champion enterprise, a national high-tech zone, and a national high-tech biological industry base core and backbone enterprise. In 2009, the company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, becoming the first A-share listed company in China with the stock code: 002286.

The pioneer and leader of China's functional sugar industry, adheres to the restoration of traditional medical and nursing wisdom with modern biotechnology, serves the big health industry, and has the ability to manufacture and serve all categories of functional sugar. A leading global provider of functional health solutions.

Product Catalog

Starch sugar: solid corn syrup, waxy corn starch, maltodextrin, malto-oligosaccharides, fructose syrup, maltose

Dietary fiber: polydextrose, resistant dextrin, water-soluble corn fiber

Prebiotics: isomalto-oligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, breast milk oligosaccharides, isomerized lactose

Sugar alcohols and new sugar sources: allulose, erythritol, crystalline fructose, compound sweeteners, trehalose

Modified starch: special for yogurt, special for sauce, special for baking fillings, special special for baked products, special special for flour products, special special for meat products

Functional lipids: DHA algae powder, DHA algae oil, DHA algae oil crude oil