What is Neohesperidin?

  Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone(NHDC), was discovered during the 1960s for minimizing the taste of bitter flavorants in citrus juices. Neohesperidin when treated with potassium hydroxide or another strong base, and then catalytically hydrogenated, it becomes NHDC, a compound roughly 1500-1800 times sweeter than sugar at threshold concentrations; around 340 times sweeter than sugar weight-for-weight. 
Like other highly sweet glycosides, such as glycyrrhizin and those found in stevia, NHDC's sweet taste has a slower onset than sugar's and lingers in the mouth for some time. Unlike aspartame, NHDC is stable to elevated temperatures and to acidic or basic conditions, and so can be used in applications that require a long shelf life. NHDC itself can stay foodsafe for up to five years when stored in optimal conditions.

 NHDC in pure form is found as a white substance not unlike powdered sugar. In food it is used as a flavour enhancer in concentrations of around 4-5 parts per million (ppm) and as an artificial sweetener at around 15-20 ppm.

 

Citrus aurantium extract
Active Ingredients	Specs	Test Method	Appearance	Solubility
Synephrine	6%-30%	HPLC	Brown-yellow powder	Slightly soluble in water and methanol
Hesperidin	10%-98%	HPLC	Yellow to light brown powder	Slightly soluble in methanol
Hesperetin	10%-98%	HPLC	Yellow to dark brown powder	Slightly soluble in water and methanol
Neohesperidin	10%-98%	HPLC	Off-White or light yellow powder	soluble in hot water and ethanol
Diosmin/ Hesperidin	9:1	HPLC	Grayish Yellow or yellow powder	Slightly soluble in water
Citrus Bioflavonoids	10%-90%	HPLC	Brown-yellow powder	Slightly soluble in water
Nobiletin	98%	HPLC	White Crystalline powder	soluble in hot water and ethanol
PMFs (Polymethoxy Flavones)	10%-98%	HPLC	Yellow to Brown	Partially soluble in hot water and ethanol
NHDC	98%	HPLC	White	soluble in water
Citrus Polyphenols	10%-90%	HPLC	Yellow to Brown	soluble in water

 

NHDC main function:

1. Enhance the action of Vitamin C: relief the blood cell coagulation in conjunctiva of guinea pig due to lack of Vitamin C; it is also reported that it can reduce blood cell coagulation in horse. The life span of tats is prolonged when the product is fed with thrombogenic feed or feed that may cause atherosis. Can raise the Vitamin C concentration in adrenal gland, spleen and white blood cell in guinea pig.
2. All capability: when fibrocytes of mice are treated with the product in 200μg/ml solution, the cells can resist the attack from phlyctenular stomatitis virus for 24 hours. Hela cells treated with the product can resist the infection from flu virus. The antiviral activity of the product may be attenuated by hyaluronidase.
3. Other: prevent injury from cold; inhibit aldehyde reductase in lens of rat eyes

 

NHDC application

1. Applied in food field, it is used as a flavor enhancer and sweetener in a wide variety of Alcoholic beverage, dessert foods and savory foods.
2. Applied in cosmetics, it can added into toothpaste and mouth wash.
3. Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is mainly used to reducing the bitterness of in form.
4. Applied in Feed Field,Used for livestock feed as a means of reducing feeding time.

 

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Physical index 

Botanical Source:	Citrus Aurantium L
Part used:	Fruit
Specification:	NHDC 98%
Appearance	White fine powder
Flavor & Odor	Characteristic
Particle size	100% pass 80 mesh
Physical:
Loss on Drying	≤1.0%
Bulk density	40-60g/100ml
Sulphated Ash	≤1.0%
GMO	Free
General Status	Non-irradiated
Chemical:
Pb	≤2mg/kg
As	≤1mg/kg
Hg	≤0.1mg/kg
Cd	≤1.0mg/kg
Microbial:
Total microbacterial count	≤1000cfu/g
Yeast & Mold	≤100cfu/g
E.Coli	Negative
Staphylococcus aureus	Negative
Salmonella	Negative
Enterobacteriaceaes	Negative

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