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Polydextrose

What is Polydextrose?

Polydextrose also known as Litesse is an artificial sweetener. Like Splenda, it is a product created from sugar, but only has 25% of the calories. [1]

It is classified as a fiber, but is often used to replace sugar in commercial foods. [2]



History

Unknown

Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Polydextrose


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Polydextrose".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

Source(s) Derived From

 Plant Sources, Chemical (Synthetic) Sources

Natural or Artificial?

 Artificial

References
  1. Litesse and Polydextrose - BellaOnline
  2. Polydextrose - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)


 Litesse
Poly Dextrose

Color Key - (Click/Tap to View) Dash

  • Natural
  • Natural & Possibly Unsafe
  • Artificial
  • Artificial & Possibly Unsafe
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources)
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources) & Possibly Unsafe

Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchMay 25, 2009 @ 10:32 PM

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