Japanese chemical industry:
Sorbitol as an excipient in toothpaste, moisturizers, anti-freeze, adding the amount of up to 25 to 30% can maintain lubrication paste, color, taste good; Sorbitol in cosmetics as an anti-drying agent (instead of glycerol, it is also known as "on behalf of the glycerol"), Sorbitol emulsifier can enhance the stretch and lubrication for long-term storage; sorbitan fatty acid ester ethylene oxide adduct and has the advantage of skin irritation , Sorbitol widely used in the cosmetics industry.

Pharmaceutical industry:
Sorbitol can be used as raw material of vitamin C; can be used as syrup, injection fluids, medicine tablet ingredients, Sorbitol as a drug dispersants, fillers, cryoprotectants, anti-crystallization agent, medicine stabilizer, Run wet, capsules plasticizers, sweeteners, cream matrix and so on.
Chemical industry:
Sorbitol can be used for Span, Twain and other surfactant production, polyether production, plastic additives production.

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