Corn sugar
50-99-7 · (3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol · anhydrous glucose · Basic Dental Emergency Kit · Blood Collection System · Blood sugar · Cartose · Cerelose · Cerelose 2001 · Clintec · Corn sugar · D Glucose · D-Glc · D-gluco-hexose · D-Glucopyranose · d-glucopyranoside · D-Glucose in linear · Dextro energy · Dextrogel · Dextropur · Dextrose · Dextrose 10% in plastic container · Dextrose 2.5% in plastic container · Dextrose 20% in plastic container · Dextrose 25% · Dextrose 30% in plastic container · Dextrose 38.5% in plastic container · Dextrose 40% in plastic container · Dextrose 5% in plastic container · Dextrose 50% in plastic container · DEXTROSE 60% · Dextrose 60% in plastic container · Dextrose 7.7% in plastic container · Dextrose 70% in plastic container · Dextrosol · Gambrosol · glc · Glc (SNFG) · Glucolin · Glucopyranose · glucose · GLUCOSE, ALPHA-D- · Glucose, unspecified · Glucosteril · Glucosum, anhydrous · GLUS · Goldsugar · Grape sugar · Gsf-syrup · Leukotrap · Leukotrap-CP2D Solution · LINGTEA · Maxim Energy Gel · Monohydrate, Glucose · Purified Glucose · Rapilose · SNFG:Glc · Staleydex 111 · Staleydex 333 · Tabfine 097(HS) · Traubenzucker · Vadex · Yourgluco · (3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol · Corn sugarCAS 50-99-7
Corn sugar is dextrose — glucose — produced from maize starch. It is used as a sweetener, a bulking agent and a fermentation feedstock.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 184.1857retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Made by hydrolysing maize starch with acid or enzymes to free glucose, then crystallising it.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- CAS registry number
- 50-99-7
- InChIKey
- WQZGKKKJIJFFOK-GASJEMHNSA-N
- PubChem
- CID 5793
Every name it appears under
65 recorded names. A label may use any of them.
CAS registry number
- 50-99-7
As it appears in regulation
- Corn sugar
Other names
- (3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
- anhydrous glucose
- Basic Dental Emergency Kit
- Blood Collection System
- Blood sugar
- Cartose
- Cerelose
- Cerelose 2001
- Clintec
- Corn sugar
- D Glucose
- D-Glc
- D-gluco-hexose
- D-Glucopyranose
- d-glucopyranoside
- D-Glucose in linear
- Dextro energy
- Dextrogel
- Dextropur
- Dextrose
- Dextrose 10% in plastic container
- Dextrose 2.5% in plastic container
- Dextrose 20% in plastic container
- Dextrose 25%
- Dextrose 30% in plastic container
- Dextrose 38.5% in plastic container
- Dextrose 40% in plastic container
- Dextrose 5% in plastic container
- Dextrose 50% in plastic container
- DEXTROSE 60%
- Dextrose 60% in plastic container
- Dextrose 7.7% in plastic container
- Dextrose 70% in plastic container
- Dextrosol
- Gambrosol
- glc
- Glc (SNFG)
- Glucolin
- Glucopyranose
- glucose
- GLUCOSE, ALPHA-D-
- Glucose, unspecified
- Glucosteril
- Glucosum, anhydrous
- GLUS
- Goldsugar
- Grape sugar
- Gsf-syrup
- Leukotrap
- Leukotrap-CP2D Solution
- LINGTEA
- Maxim Energy Gel
- Monohydrate, Glucose
- Purified Glucose
- Rapilose
- SNFG:Glc
- Staleydex 111
- Staleydex 333
- Tabfine 097(HS)
- Traubenzucker
- Vadex
- Yourgluco
Systematic names
- (3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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