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Maltodextrin
Elaine writes:
Maltodextrin is interesting and is one of the molecules I am really interested
in. It is a byproduct of corn hydrolysis (breaking down of corn starch)
and it contains the isomaltose unit about which I write in my book. I am
dead set against adding a maltodextrin molecule containing isomaltose-linked-
glucose units. Maltodextrin is sugar.
To another listmember, Elaine writes:
Maltodextrin is not legal - it is the worst of the small molecules of
sugars. It is a very short chain of glucose molecules (derived from
starch) which has a link of two glucose units bonded by what is called
a 1-6 alpha bond. The chances of digestion are practically nil. It
therefore will feed bacteria and because of its particular structure,
I feel it is worse than even lactose. If you look at the amylopectin
molecule in my book (pgs 29 and 30), every place you see a branch formation,
it is because of the 1-6 bond of glucose molecules.
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