Maltodextrin used in Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Health & Personal care products, Agriculture/Animal Feed/Poultry. Maltodextrin is used as a food thickener, the application such as in oatmeal, sauces, confection, and salad dressings, soft drink and candy. Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide that is used as a food additive. It is produced from starch by partial hydrolysis and is usually found as a white hygroscopic spray-dried powder.
Maltodextrin uses as follows:
In Food
Maltodextrin is used as food thickner in food such as in beer, ice cream, infant formula, brewing, potato chips and jerky, frozen food, Maltodextrin powder used as a supplement by bodybuilders and athletes, sodas and candy.
In Beverages
The beverages are scientifically prepared with Maltodextrin,which add more flavor,soluble,consistent and delicious,and reduce sweet taste and cost. There are more advantages of these kinds of beverages than that of the traditional drinks and foods such as ice-cream,fast tea and coffee etc.
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Name
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dosage%
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function
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Cool food
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5—15
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more flavor,soluble,consistent and delicious
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Solid drink
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10—30
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more flavor,soluble,consistent and delicious,less cost
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Coffee
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5—15
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Stuffing,less cost,more taste
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Milk powder
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15—25
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Improve taste,less cost
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Ice-cream powder
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10—25
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Improve structure,Emulsification and consistency,taste and less cost
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Milk powder for infant
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5—20
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Improve nutritional ingredient ratio and increase function
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Vitelline powder
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5—10
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Improve nutritional ingredient ratio and increase function
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Enzyme preparation |
5—10
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Active carrier,reduce the loss of enzyme
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Fruit freshness
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5—15
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Increase storage quality,reduce loss
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In Pharmaceutical
Capsules often contain maltodextrin since it neither adds nor detracts from the medicinal content while stabilizing the drugs.
In Health & Personal care products
maltodextrin used as Absorbent; Binding agent; Emulsion Stabilizer; Film-forming agent; Skin conditioning in cosmetic products. The application in baby products, bath products, cleansing products, eye makeup, shaving preparations and hair and skin care products.
In Agriculture/Animal Feed/Poultry
Maltodextrin used as a stabilizer, thickener, anticaking agent and bulking agent. Maltodextrin may also be used in livestock feed and health care products to provide an easily digestible energy source intermediate between starches and sugars.
In Other Industries
Maltodextrin is used in artificial sweeteners. Maltodextrin acts as a binding agent, helping to create the crystal-like sugars that are then put into packets. Although maltodextrin does not taste sweet, it is a saccharide, meaning its chemical properties are similar to a sugar.
