Glucose Syrup (DE 38-42 & DE 60-63)

Corn, wheat and tapioca glucose syrup by DE and Brix, in drums, IBCs, flexitanks and tankers

Glucose syrup is a starch product, not a cane or beet one, and it is bought on dextrose equivalent (DE). The Codex Standard for Sugars (CXS 212-1999) defines it as a purified concentrated aqueous solution of nutritive saccharides obtained from starch and/or inulin, with a DE of not less than 20% on a dry basis and total solids of not less than 70%, sulphated ash at 1.0% maximum on a dry basis, and sulphur dioxide at 20 mg/kg (400 mg/kg where the syrup is used to make sugar confectionery). EU Directive 2001/111/EC sets the same DE and dry-matter floors, and dried glucose syrup must reach 93% dry matter. Inside that definition the trade works in two main bands. Regular-conversion 42 DE syrup is the workhorse: Ingredion's GLOBE 42 DE specification (effective April 2025) runs DE 40.5-46.5 at 79.7-81.5% dry substance, with a typical 21% dextrose, 13% maltose and 55% higher saccharides, which is why it builds body and controls sucrose crystallisation. High-conversion 62-63 DE syrup is sweeter, thinner and more fermentable; Golden Barrel's 62/43 corn syrup specification shows 35% dextrose and 30% maltose and names bread, rolls, nougat and fondant as uses. Export offers are often written in Brix: Gujarat Ambuja lists a high-maltose syrup at Brix 78-84, and Thai producer WGC's glucose syrup data sheets run Brix 79-81 against Thai Industrial Standard 268-2521.

The base starch is the buyer's choice between corn, wheat and tapioca, and it matters for flavour, allergen and GMO questions as much as for price. UN Comtrade 2024 export declarations for HS 1702.30 (glucose and glucose syrup with under 20% fructose, a subheading that also carries dextrose) total USD 2.99 billion and 4.53 million MT, led by China at 1.39 million MT, France at 707,000 MT and the USA at 533,000 MT, then Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, India, Hungary, Türkiye and Pakistan, with Thailand, Brazil, Argentina and Indonesia further down. China's position rests on scale: USDA's Beijing post (GAIN report CH2025-0194, 30 September 2025), citing China's Starch Industry Association, put 2024 corn deep-processing at about 85 MMT of corn with starch sugar output above 20 MMT, and reported exports of processed corn products up 16% year on year from October 2024 through July 2025. Syrup is heavy and viscous: one US specification recommends bulk handling at 49-54°C to ease flow and limit colour, and a flexitank carries 16-24 MT in a 20-ft container. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers glucose syrup against a certificate of analysis for DE, dry substance or Brix, colour, SO2, ash and microbiology, with halal, kosher and non-GMO or identity-preserved documentation where the lot is sold on those claims, on FOB, CFR, CIF and DAP terms. Send the DE band, base starch, Brix, packing, monthly volume and discharge port.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.