What Is Dextrin Used For?
If you pay attention to the label ingredient list of some products, you will be surprised how many foods contain dextrin!
Dextrin is an important source of fiber and soluble fiber. There are many differences between soluble fiber and insoluble fiber, but the most basic conclusion is that soluble fiber is easy to digest quickly and helps to wrap some substances harmful to health during excretion. So dextrin is often used as a popular fiber supplement!
Food industry
1. In the food industry, dextrin is used to thicken many products, such as soup, beverage, stew, and even baby food! It can reduce the loss of nutrition, improve the taste, meet the actual needs of children, and promote the healthy growth of children.
2. This is also a popular ingredient to replace fat in food.
3. Another common use of dextrin in food is to make food brittle or as a coating: the crisp brown part on the top of bread, which is the result of dextrin heated.
4. Dextrin also gives fried food an extra brown and crisp taste. We all like a delicious fried chicken - thanks to dextrin, because its skin is crisp and delicious.
5. In some condiments or solid drinks, adding dextrin can improve the solubility of the product, improve the taste and flavor, and prevent deliquescence of the product.
Commodity industry
1. As a cover and adsorption in cosmetics, it can protect skin and enhance skin luster.
2. It can replace part of CMC in toothpaste production as thickener and stabilizer to improve the quality of toothpaste;
3. As a filler in the production of various chemical solvents, it can improve the stability of products and extend the shelf life.
Pharmaceutical industry
In the production process of tablets or capsules, it can be used as a thickener to help shape tablets. It can also be used as a stabilizer to make the drug effect lasting.
