木糖醇的制备工艺及在食品中的应用

Preparation process of xylitol and its application in food

木糖醇是一种功能性甜味剂,具有预防龋齿与治疗肥胖疾病等多种功能活性。作为低能量蔗糖替代品,木糖醇能较好维持人体葡萄糖水平的稳定,避免机体血糖的升高同时满足人们对甜味的需求,因此是糖尿病和肥胖患者的营养性食用糖代替品。木糖醇是重要的食品添加剂,被广泛应用于食品工业中并具有巨大的潜能。木糖醇是较理想的功能性甜味剂,不仅热量值低,而且可以有效地改善食品的质构、色泽、风味和滋味,其应用空间在不断拓宽,具有进一步开发的潜在价值。本文对木糖醇的理化性质、制备方法、功能活性和安全评价进行系统整理和归纳分析,总结木糖醇作为甜味剂的优势与存在的问题及木糖醇在食品工业中的应用,以期对木糖醇有一个更加全面系统的认识和了解,促进功能性甜味剂在食品应用领域的深入研究。

Xylitol is a functional sweetener with a variety of functional activities such as preventing caries and treating obesity.As a low-energy sucrose substitute,xylitol can better maintain the stability of human glucose levels,avoid the rise of blood sugar in the body and meet people's needs for sweetness,so it is a nutritional edible sugar substitute for patients with diabetes and obesity.Xylitol is an important food additive that is widely used in the food industry and has great potential.Xylitol is an ideal functional sweetener,not only for its low caloric value,but also can effectively improve the texture,color,flavor and taste of food,its application space is constantly expanding,with the potential value of further development.In this paper,the physicochemical properties,preparation methods,functional activity and safety evaluation of xylitol were systematically sorted out and inductively analyzed,and the advantages and problems of xylitol as a sweetener and the application of xylitol in the food industry were summarized,in order to have a more comprehensive and systematic understanding of xylitol and to promote the in-depth research of functional sweeteners in the field of food applications.