dextrin

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Others state that dextrin, an edible carbohydrate produced from corn or potato starch, is used to make the adhesive.

From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2020

The colorant chemicals help determine the different colors we see, and the binder — often a type of starch called dextrin — binds the fuel, oxidizer, and colorant together within the pellets.

From The Verge • Jul. 3, 2015

After amylases break down starch into smaller fragments, the brush border enzyme α-dextrinase starts working on α- dextrin, breaking off one glucose unit at a time.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This cellulose is closely allied in composition to starch, dextrin, and a form of sugar called glucose.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

The other ingredients of commercial glucose, the maltose and dextrin, have of course the same food value as the dextrose, since they are made over into dextrose in the process of digestion.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.