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Dextrose vs Polydextrose - What's the difference?

dextrose | polydextrose |

As nouns the difference between dextrose and polydextrose

is that dextrose is the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule while polydextrose is a multipurpose food ingredient synthesized from dextrose and classified as soluble fibre.

dextrose

English

Noun

  • the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule

    • Synonyms

    * D-glucose / D-Glucose * dextroglucose

    Antonyms

    * L-glucose / L-Glucose (levorotatory form of glucose)

    Usage notes

    levose is not the antonym L-glucose form, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research. "levose" is a misspelling of levulose (also misspelled as levolose), D-fructose, due to those origins.

    Hypernyms

    * glucose * aldohexose * hexose * monosaccharide

    Related terms

    * levulose (left sugar)

    Anagrams

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    polydextrose

    English

    (wikipedia polydextrose)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A multipurpose food ingredient synthesized from dextrose and classified as soluble fibre.

    • Synonyms

    * (its E number)