Crystalline Fructose · High-Sweetness Bulk Sweetener & Flavour Enhancer

Key characteristics

• High sweetness intensity: typically sweeter than sucrose in many applications, helping to achieve target sweetness at lower usage levels.
• Flavour enhancement: improves fruit and flavour impact in beverages, yogurts, sauces and desserts.
• Good solubility: readily dissolves in water, suitable for liquid concentrates, ready-to-drink beverages and syrups.
• Functional carbohydrate: contributes to freezing point depression, water activity control and browning in suitable systems.
• Neutral taste: no inherent off-flavours; supports clean label and pleasant sweetness when used correctly.

Crystalline fructose is often used together with dextrose, sucrose, maltodextrin or polyols from the Atlas Sweeteners portfolio to create tailored sweetness systems.

Indicative specification points

Atlas works with carefully selected producers in China to provide crystalline fructose that matches your internal specifications and regulatory requirements. Typical commercial parameters include:

• Appearance: white, crystalline powder, free-flowing and odourless.
• Assay / fructose content in line with food-grade standards.
• Controlled levels of moisture, sulphated ash and related sugars.
• Particle size options suitable for beverage powders, dry blends and tableting applications (where relevant).
• Microbiological criteria compatible with beverage, dairy, confectionery and nutrition use.

Detailed specifications, COAs and additional technical data are agreed during the qualification phase with your QA/QC and regulatory teams.

Beverages & liquid applications

• Ready-to-drink beverages, such as fruit drinks, flavoured waters and energy drinks, where crystalline fructose supports bright flavour and high sweetness at moderate solids.
• Liquid concentrates and syrups used for post-mix beverage systems or HORECA dispensing.
• Flavoured dairy and plant-based drinks, where fructose helps adjust sweetness and enhance fruit or cocoa notes.
• Sports and isotonic drinks, often in combination with glucose or maltodextrin to tune energy release and osmotic pressure.

Dairy, desserts & fruit preparations

• Fruit preparations and toppings for yogurt, ice cream and desserts, benefiting from fructose’s flavour enhancement.
• Ice creams and frozen desserts, where fructose contributes to freezing point depression and scoopability alongside other carbohydrates.
• Sweetened condensed or flavoured milk where a higher sweetness impact is desired at similar or lower solids.

Bakery, cereals & bars

• Breakfast cereals and granola, particularly fruit and honey style recipes seeking high flavour impact.
• Cereal bars and snack bars, where crystalline fructose contributes to sweetness, binding and sensory appeal.
• Cakes, muffins and pastries in recipes that benefit from sweetness and colour development.

Formulation guidance

• Use crystalline fructose together with other sugars or polyols to fine-tune osmotic pressure, sweetness build-up and aftertaste.
• Consider overall sugar content, nutrition labelling and local regulatory limits when reformulating existing products.
• For high sugar-reduction targets, combine fructose with high-intensity sweeteners such as sucralose, acesulfame K or stevia.
• Evaluate process impacts (heat treatment, pH, storage) on colour, flavour and stability during scale-up.

Quality & regulatory documentation

• Delivered as food-grade crystalline fructose with agreed technical specifications and impurity limits.
• Batch-wise Certificate of Analysis (COA) supplied for every shipment.
• Supporting information for GMO status, allergens, contaminants, heavy metals and microbiology available on request.
• Producer certificates such as ISO, FSSC, Halal and Kosher may be provided where available.
• Customers remain responsible for final nutrition labelling and health claims; Atlas ensures transparency of technical data to support your internal assessments.

Packaging, storage & logistics

• Standard packaging: 25 kg multi-ply bags with inner liner or other industry-standard packaging as agreed.
• Options for palletised shipments and mixed-container programs including other Atlas ingredients from the Product Groups range.
• Recommended storage in a cool, dry, well-ventilated area, protected from moisture, strong odours and direct sunlight.
• Shipments organised under FOB, CFR, CIF or other agreed Incoterms, with Atlas coordinating export documentation and transport.

Please share your target application, annual volume, packaging preferences and destination markets so our team can propose the most suitable crystalline fructose grade and supply model.