D-Glucitol

Drug ingredient

CAS 50-70-4

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$19M

Top sourceChina 34%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 290544 · exact

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 34%ChinaIT 24%ItalyID 15%IndonesiaMY 8%MalaysiaIN 7%India

Canada
Turkey
Japan
Belgium
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Taiwan

EPA-registered manufacturers (4)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Archer Daniels Midland

Ingredion Incorporated

Proviron

Roquette America

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Brenntag

Polyventive

EPA-registered importers (9)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Brenntag · DE Germany

Ch Biotech R&D · TW Taiwan

Ch Biotech

Chemical Distribution Network

Hallmark Cards

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International Flavors And Fragrances

Soyventis North America

Target

Wintersun International

Why It Matters

Sectors

Core ChemicalsHealth

Downstream Uses

Appears in 13 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•turmeric kojic acid product
•Chemstat
•Sorbitol
•Plaque identifying
•Chemtox
•iq shield pro 60g goat milk silk
•Anubis Barcelona
•Sorbitol-Mannitol

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•Hepatatox
•Lipotox
•ChemDetox
•Homeoplex D
•GeriCare Sorbitol Solution

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 3 functional roles.

•Humectant in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Waterproofing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.50/gA2B Chem LLC

CountryUnited States

Pack$50.00 / 100 g

Purity95%

Vendors11 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

10 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.50	100 g	95%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.63	100 g	95%
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$70.64	25 g	50%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$71.00	25 g	50%
Angene International Limited	United States	$96.80	5 g	98%
Chengdu Biopurify Phytochemicals Ltd.	China	$142.00	1 g	98%
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
ChemFaces	China	$1500.00	20 mg	98%
Vitas M Chemical Limited	Hong Kong	$3170.00	100 mg	90%
TimTec, LLC (back-ordered)	United States	$32000.00	15 mg	94%

Chemical Identity

CAS50-70-4

PubChem CID5780

DTXSIDDTXSID5023588

FormulaC6H14O6

Mol. Weight182.17 g/mol

SMILESC(C(C(C(C(CO)O)O)O)O)O

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5023588Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5780Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

D-Glucitol (CAS 50-70-4) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/50-70-4/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5023588. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5023588 PubChem: 5780. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5780 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 50-70-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 50-70-4. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 290544 for CAS 50-70-4. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/