Invert sugar

CAS 8013-17-0

Invert sugar is sucrose split into its two halves, glucose and fructose. It is sweeter than the sugar it came from, resists crystallising and holds moisture, which is why it is used in confectionery and soft-centred sweets.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Invert sugar by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1859retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot 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 sucrose with acid or with the enzyme invertase. The name comes from the way the split reverses the direction in which the solution rotates polarised light.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
8013-17-0
InChIKey
PJVXUVWGSCCGHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 21924868

Every name it appears under

20 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 8013-17-0

As it appears in regulation

  • Invert sugar

Other names

  • 2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal;1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one
  • Calorose
  • Corn invert sugar
  • Corn invert sugar syrup
  • ED959S6ACY
  • Insubeta
  • Inverdex
  • INVERT SUGAR
  • Invertogen
  • Invertose
  • Maize Inver Sugar
  • Maize invert sugar
  • Nulomoline
  • PJVXUVWGSCCGHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Saccharide hydrolysate
  • Sugar, Invert
  • Travert
  • Travert 10% in plastic container

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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