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What is dextrin?

Updated: 12/12/2022
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is the browning of starch die to dry heat. The starch breaks down into dextrins. Eg Bread is toasted.

CAN BE CAUSED BY:

-Exposure of the starch granules to dry heat (the most common method)

-The action of acids

-The action of certain enzymes

EXAMPLES:

-bread turing brown during toasting

-toasting commercial breakfast cereals are brown and have a sweeter taste then raw cereals

-gravies being brown

-the brown crust forming on baked goods, starchy vegetables such as potatoes and carrots.

*Dextrins are used commercially as a colouring and sweetening agent.

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another name for corn

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Where to buy dextrin?

Dextrin can be purchased from skylighter.com


Is there any significant difference between wheat dextrin and corn dextrin?

no


Is dextrin a gluten?

No, dextrin is a short carbohydrate. Gluten is a protein, principally from wheat. Without knowing how the dextrin is produced, however, it would be impossible to know whether it might be contaminated by gluten. Dextrin is produced from starch, which can come from many sources.


What is maltose dextrin?

dextrine and maltose are byproduct of starch when starch is completely hydrolized it gives dextrin and maltose


What is partially degraded starch?

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The role of starch in dextrin production?

Dextrin are a group of low molecular weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of starch. Dextrin are mixture of linear alpha 1,4-linked glucose polymers starting with an alpha 1,,6 bond.


What is the name of the short chain of glucose?

dextrin


Can Dextrin cause a sharp spike in Blood sugar levels?

Not if it is truly dietary fiber. However Dextrin is a generic name for a group of compounds and not all dextrin is dietary fiber. Wheat andpotato dextrin sold as dietary fiber have a slight dampening effect on blood glucose after meals, but they tend to extend the length of the post prandial spike. You don't go as high, but you stay high longer.


What polysacchrasides can be hydrolyzed to make dextrin?

corn starch


What color is dextrin when lugol's iodine is added?

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How does dextrin affect the human body?

from the breakdown of starch


What material is formed when enzymes in saliva mix with starch?

When enzymes in saliva mix with starch, first the carbohydrates are broken down into dextrin. Then dextrin is broken down into maltose and glucose