Dextrose Monohydrate & Anhydrous

Crystalline D-glucose 99.5% min, food grade and USP / BP / Ph. Eur. grade, in 25 kg bags

Dextrose is purified, crystallised D-glucose made from starch, and it comes in two forms that are bought on water content. The Codex Standard for Sugars (CXS 212-1999) sets both at a D-glucose content of not less than 99.5% on a dry basis, with total solids of at least 90.0% for dextrose monohydrate, which carries one molecule of water of crystallisation, and at least 98.0% for dextrose anhydrous; sulphated ash is capped at 0.25% on a dry basis and sulphur dioxide at 15 mg/kg. The US standards of identity say the same in their own words: 21 CFR 168.111 requires a reducing sugar content (dextrose equivalent) of not less than 99.5% on a dry basis for the monohydrate, and 21 CFR 168.110 raises total solids to 98.0% for the anhydrous form. EU Directive 2001/111/EC uses the same D-glucose, dry-matter and ash thresholds. Monohydrate is the more common form and suits most food use; anhydrous is bought where water matters, as in dry mixes, tablets and some pharmaceutical processes.

Pharmaceutical grade is a different contract. The US Pharmacopeia keeps one Dextrose monograph covering both forms, harmonised through the Pharmacopoeial Discussion Group, while the European and Japanese pharmacopoeias publish separate monographs under the name glucose. The harmonised USP text assays 97.5-102.0% on the anhydrous basis and sets water at 7.5-9.5% for the monohydrate and not more than 1.0% for the anhydrous form, with limits on maltose and isomaltose, maltotriose and fructose; substances used in parenteral preparations must also comply with the bacterial endotoxins test under the European Pharmacopoeia. A food-grade certificate does not substitute for a pharmacopoeia certificate, and a pharmaceutical buyer will also want the manufacturer's GMP and change-control documents. Dextrose travels under HS 1702.30 with glucose syrup (Canada's tariff, for one, has a national line for crystalline dextrose inside it), so six-digit statistics cannot separate the two: UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations for 1702.30 are led by China, France, the USA, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, India, Hungary, Türkiye and Pakistan. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers dextrose monohydrate and anhydrous against a certificate of analysis to the named standard (Codex, FCC, USP, BP or Ph. Eur.), with halal, kosher and non-GMO documentation where claimed, in 25 kg bags and big bags, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms. Send the form, grade and pharmacopoeia, particle size, monthly volume and discharge port.

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