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  "summary": "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.",
  "derivation_summary": "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.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1859",
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        }
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    }
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      "name": "2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal;1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one",
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    },
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      "name": "Calorose",
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      "name": "Corn invert sugar",
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    },
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      "name": "Corn invert sugar syrup",
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      "name": "Insubeta",
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      "name": "Inverdex",
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    },
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      "name": "INVERT SUGAR",
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      "name": "Invertogen",
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    {
      "name": "Invertose",
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      "name": "Maize Inver Sugar",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Maize invert sugar",
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      "name": "Nulomoline",
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      "name": "PJVXUVWGSCCGHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N",
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    },
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      "name": "Saccharide hydrolysate",
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      "name": "Sugar, Invert",
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      "name": "Travert",
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      "name": "Travert 10% in plastic container",
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      "name": "Invert sugar",
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      "key": "ecfr",
      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Invert sugar\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/invert-sugar. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.563Z"
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