Can Anyone Tell Me In Any Amount How Many Calories And/or Carbs Are In Maltodextrin?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Wednesday Dec 2, 2009I’ve searched everywhere. I’ve got a fifty pound bag of it upstairs, but there is no Nutrition facts or anything. Maltodextrin doesn’t have ingredients. It IS the ingredient. I was told that it was a good mass (w/o protein) builder if you didn’t want to buy the expensive weight gainers out there, which I have already done and given up on. You can say an ounce or 100 grams or whatever and I will do the math for the amount I use in my concoction. I just mix it with purified water, add a tad bit of sugar, and lemon juice for flavor. It’s interesting stuff. Sticky as hell if you get it on your fingers. Clumps form in water if you shake it up. Blending is a must for this kind of stuff. Anyway, any help please. Thanks.
MALTRIN® maltodextrins are easily digestible carbohydrates made from natural corn starch. The starch is cooked, and then acid and/or enzymes are used to break the starch into smaller polymers (a process similar to that used by the body to digest carbohydrate).
MALTRIN® maltodextrins are generally sold as dried powders.
MALTRIN® maltodextrins are polymers of dextrose (sometimes labeled “glucose polymers”).
MALTRIN® maltodextrins do not contain significant quantities of protein, fat or fiber.
MALTRIN® maltodextrins are not produced from and do not contain malt products.
Corn-based maltodextrins are safe for patients with celiac disease since they do not contain proteins from wheat, barley, oats or rye.
MALTRIN® maltodextrins are not known to contain MSG.
Diabetics should follow the advice of their physicians. MALTRIN® maltodextrin’s glycemic index should be considered metabolically equivalent to glucose (dextrose).
The finished product…
Is easily digestible
Is a convenient source of energy
Contains approximately 4 calories per gram
Is cold-water soluble
Has low or no sweetness
Helps in producing many liquid and dried nutritional products