Used as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care products, including skin and hair formulations, toothpaste, and mouthwash, to retain moisture due to its hygroscopic properties, sweet taste, and non-cariogenic nature.

Serves as a texturizer, bulking agent, and low-calorie sweetener in sugar-free foods such as chewing gum, diet candies, and other snacks; it helps retain moisture to extend shelf life and is suitable for diabetics as it does not cause rapid blood sugar spikes.

Employed in pharmaceuticals as an excipient in tablets, syrups, and injections, improving stability, palatability, tablet formation, and serving as a solvent or carrier.

Also utilized as a precursor in the production of vitamin C through chemical conversion.

Its low volatility and high solubility make it suitable for some industrial surfactants and plasticizers.