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Maltodextrin vs Dextrin - What's the difference?

maltodextrin | dextrin |

In carbohydrate terms the difference between maltodextrin and dextrin

is that maltodextrin is a type of dextrin commonly used as a food additive while dextrin is any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.

maltodextrin

English

Noun

(wikipedia maltodextrin) (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) A type of dextrin commonly used as a food additive.

    • dextrin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia dextrin)
  • (carbohydrate) Any of a range of polymers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a food additive