polydextros
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thumb|Gummy bears made with polydextrose Polydextrose is a synthetic polymer of glucose. It is a food ingredient classified as soluble fiber by the US FDA as well as Health Canada, . It is frequently used to increase the dietary fiber content of food, to replace sugar, and to reduce calories and fat content. It is a multi-purpose food ingredient synthesized from dextrose (glucose), plus about 10 percent sorbitol and 1 percent citric acid. Its E number is E1200. The FDA approved it in 1981.
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Within Vinony's link graph, polydextros is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to sugar, diabetes and glucose.
It sits within the topics Dietary fiber, Edible thickening agents and E-number additives.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
378 papers- May polydextrose potentially improve gut health in patients with chronic kidney disease?Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2022
- The fermentation of polydextrose in the large intestine and its beneficial effects.Beneficial microbes · 2014
- Polydextrose: Physiological Function, and Effects on Health.Nutrients · 2016
- Caloric availability of polydextrose.Nutrition reviews · 2007
- Effects of dietary fibers or probiotics on functional constipation symptoms and roles of gut microbiota: a double-blinded randomized placebo trial.Gut microbes · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- polysaccharide
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Has use
- food additive
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- MCN code
- 3907.10.41
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