Polyglycitol syrup

E number E964INS 964

Used as a sweetener.

Polyglycitol syrup is a bulk sweetener made up of a mixture of hydrogenated saccharides rather than a single compound. It is used in sugar-free confectionery and baked goods, often described on labels as hydrogenated starch hydrolysate.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Polyglycitol syrup by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationNot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 964retrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Produced by hydrogenating a starch hydrolysate, so its composition follows the starch syrup it was made from — mostly maltitol and sorbitol with longer hydrogenated chains alongside.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian

Every name it appears under

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

E number

  • E964

Other names

  • E 964
  • hydrogenated glucose syrup
  • Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate
  • polyglucitol
  • Polyglycitol Syrup

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

  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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