Polydextrose

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Polydextrose (E 1200) is a synthetic combination of glucose , sorbitol and citric acid .

The chain-shaped, sugar-like, long-chain molecule cannot be broken down by digestive enzymes and has a laxative effect on the human organism from a single dose of around 50 g or a daily dose of around 90 g .

Polydextrose is added to foods in the food industry as a carrier , filler and humectant . It is generally approved in the EU as a food additive with the designation E 1200 without maximum quantity restriction for food.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lexicon of Nutrition: Polydextrose - Lexicon of Nutrition , accessed on August 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Kurt Rosenplenter, Prof. Dr. Gert-Wolfhard von Rymon Lipinski, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Nöhle: Handbook sweeteners . Behr's Verlag DE, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89947-947-8 , pp. 210 ( limited preview in Google Book search).