{"id":70,"date":"2008-12-10T07:16:49","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T14:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/maltodextrins.php"},"modified":"2015-02-12T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T02:10:57","slug":"maltodextrins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/maltodextrins\/","title":{"rendered":"Maltodextrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A glucose polymer created from corn, rice or potato starch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maltodextrins\u00a0are\u00a0intermediate in size between starches and sugars\/syrups.\u00a0\u00a0They&#8217;re flavorless, which makes them useful as food additives.\u00a0\u00a0Maltodextrins are used as\u00a0bulking or dispersing agents, to modify viscosity or mouthfeel; and as a carrier for flavors in a variety of different food products.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maltodextrin is often used as a carb source\u00a0in meal replacements, weight gainers, and creatine delivery systems.\u00a0&#8220;Malto&#8221; typically has a high glycemic index (similar to glucose), but\u00a0is technically a &#8220;complex carbohydrate&#8221; &#8211; which enables manufacturers to claim that no sugar has been added to their products.<\/p>\n<p>See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodproductdesign.com\/articles\/1997\/08\/making-the-most-of-maltodextrins.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Making the Most of Maltodextrins<\/a>&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glucose polymer created from corn, rice or potato starch.\u00a0 Maltodextrins\u00a0are\u00a0intermediate in size between starches and sugars\/syrups.\u00a0\u00a0They&#8217;re flavorless, which makes them useful as food additives.\u00a0\u00a0Maltodextrins are used as\u00a0bulking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[296,309,448,475,516,639,644,891,898,981],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}