At present,
Glucose
is widely used in those products:
(1) Food industry
At present, crystallized glucose is mainly used in the food industry. With the improvement of living standards and the continuous development of science and technology in the food industry, glucose is increasingly used in the food industry. The food industry will still be the largest market for a long time to come.
(2) Chemical industry
Glucose is also widely used in industry. It is used as a reducing agent in the printing, dyeing and tanning industry. Glucose is also commonly used as a reducing agent in the mirror-making industry, thermos bottle silver plating, glass fiber silver plating and other chemical silver plating industries.
(3) Synthesis and transformation
Glucose can be synthesized or converted into other products through hydrogenation, oxidation, isomerization, alkaline degradation, esterification, acetalization, etc. Such as hydrogenation to produce sorbitol; oxidation to produce glucuronic acid, diacid,
etc.