lactitol
Also known as D-lactitol
Lactitol is a disaccharide sugar alcohol produced from lactose. It is used as a replacement bulk sweetener for low calorie foods with 30–40% of the sweetness of sucrose. It is also used medically as a laxative.
Key facts
- Drug.pregnancy_US
- N
- Drug.image
- lactitol.svg
- Drug.image_class
- skin-invert-image
- Drug.JAN
- Lactitol Hydrate
- Drug.tradename
- Importal, Pizensy, Lacty
- Drug.DailyMedID
- Lactitol
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- By mouth
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- A06
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- AD12
- Drug.legal_US
- Rx-only
- Drug.CAS_number
- 585-86-4
- Drug.PubChem
- 157355
- Drug.DrugBank
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Production
- Applications
- Medical
- Safety and health
- History
- References
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Lactitol is a disaccharide sugar alcohol produced from lactose. It is used as a replacement bulk sweetener for low calorie foods with 30–40% of the sweetness of sucrose. It is also used medically as a laxative.
==Production== Lactitol is produced by hydrogenation of lactose using Raney nickel catalyst. The product can be obtained as an anhydrous, monohydrate, or dihydrate. Two manufacturers, Danisco and Purac Biochem, produce about 10,000 tons/y.