Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:31 am

Thirsty Boy wrote:I assume (probably wrongly) that thats exactly how they get maltodextrin in the first place.
I'm pretty sure that maltodextrin is made from corn (this has come up in some gluten-free discussions), although I don't know how it's done.
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Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:53 am

Pseudolus wrote:
Thirsty Boy wrote:I assume (probably wrongly) that thats exactly how they get maltodextrin in the first place.
I'm pretty sure that maltodextrin is made from corn (this has come up in some gluten-free discussions), although I don't know how it's done.


Probably, in Australia it would most likely be made from wheat starch, like most of the sugar syrups we use at work... pure maltose, mixtures of maltose, glucose and dextrins ... all made by doing unspeakable things to starch with acids. At least the sucrose is just refined from sugar cane.

Still, its all teh same molecules, no matter how you get there.
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