E967 Xylitol — is it halal?
Description
A polyol made by acid hydrolysis of plant hemicellulose (corn cobs, bagasse, wood) to xylose and its hydrogenation over a nickel catalyst. Possible links: activated carbon of unnamed raw material (bone char possible); in microbial-route patents and research — sucrose and bone char, peptone, glycerol, gelatin (immobilisation), ethanol as co-product and in crystallisation.
Names: Ксилит · Xylitol · الزيليتول
Also known as: Birch sugar, E 967, E-967, Е967, INS 967, D-xylitol, Xylit, birch tree sugar, 木糖醇, الزيليتول, XIVIA
Category: Sweeteners
Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008
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