Liquid Glucose

Sovereign Liquid Glucose is manufactured by the controlled hydrolysis of refined starch, giving a colourless, odourless, viscous syrup containing glucose, maltose and higher saccharides. The degree of hydrolysis is expressed as dextrose equivalent; our standard commercial range is D.E. 38–50, and we ship to a tighter D.E. 40–44 window.

In practice liquid glucose is doing several jobs at once: it adds body and mouthfeel, it acts as a humectant that holds moisture in the product, it controls sucrose crystallisation so a toffee stays chewy instead of turning grainy, and it contributes mild sweetness without the crystallisation risk of sugar alone. Its industrial uses run well beyond food, into tobacco curing, leather tanning, shoe polish and construction binders.