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

We find that in resisting such influences any natural gum is better than a dextrin or a gum substitute containing dextrin or gelatin.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

Upon hydrolysis starch gives first a mixture of dextrin and maltose, then glucose alone as an end-product.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.