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Seaweed mannitol
With molecular formula of C6H14O6, it is one of biomaterial with low molecular weight. There are 3 isomers including D, L and D&L types. In most cases, it refers to D-mannitol.
It is the reductant of D-mannose or D-glucose. As a white crystalline powder, it has refreshing and soft sweet taste without any odor. It does not get hardened since it is not hygroscopic.
It is used as food additives including sweetener, moisturizer, stabilizer and viscosity increasing agent, used for medical purposes including toothpaste, synthesis of hardened polyurethane foam and culture medium for microbes, and as a palliative medical drug as well as diluent or excipient.