Figures and present analyses of typical formose reaction products created here analyzed using SEM and EDAX. Three types of structures can be readily identified: square crystals, isolated spherical units and dendritic structures. Dendritic and square crystals are easily identified as NaCl crystals using EDAX (see spectra 76 and 80, respectively in Figure ). The isolated spherical structures (see spectra 72 and 77, Figure ), in addition to their unique rounded morphology, these display a roughly 1:1 C:O ratio typical of carbohydrate-like material.