With the increase of consumers’ interest in natural ingredients, this paper shows how ERYLITE® Erythritol can be used as a sweetener in chewing gums. Jungbunzlauer offers a natural alternative to xylitol in synthetic and natural sugar free chewing gum, while maintaining functionality and familiar sensory properties.
This Technical Paper is from Jungbunzlauer.


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Jungbunzlauer is a world leading ingredient producer. We specialise in ingredients of natural origin, including citric acid, xanthan gum, gellan gum, gluconic acid, lactic acid, erythritol, salts, esters and blends based on these products.
We transform nature‘s plants into useful and efficient solutions for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, as well as for various other industrial applications. Touching billions of people‘s daily lives around the globe.
Jungbunzlauer is a Swiss-based, family-owned company whose roots date back to 1867. We operate manufacturing sites in Austria, Canada, France and Germany.
Responsibility and sustainability are at the core of our vision‚ From nature to ingredients®. We produce with state-of-the-art technologies and invest in energy, water and waste saving programs in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
Jungbunzlauer provides many products following a strict Non-GMO policy. All raw materials used in our European manufacturing processes are purchased to strict Non-GMO specifications. All fermentation is done by using natural and non-genetically modified microorganisms.

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