1. Food & Healthcare Ingredients

• Bulking agent: Maltodextrin is used as a bulking agent in food to increase volume and consistency without significantly impacting calorie content or flavor. It achieves this by adding bulk to products like low-fat foods, powdered drinks, and some gluten-free items.
• Texture Enhancement: It can improve the consistency and mouthfeel of food, especially in low-fat or fat-free products, by adding creaminess or a smooth texture.
• Carrier: In powdered products, it helps carry flavors and nutrients, ensuring that they are dispersed evenly throughout the product and are readily available for consumption.
• Anti-caking Agent: Maltodextrin can prevent ingredients from clumping or caking together, especially in dry mixes.
• Moisture Control: It helps to retain moisture in baked goods and prevents them from drying out, contributing to longer shelf life.
• Sweetening and Palatability: Maltodextrin has a mild, slightly sweet taste, making it suitable for masking the bitterness of artificial sweeteners in diet products. It's often used in combination with high-intensity sweeteners to improve the overall flavor profile of foods.

2. Flavours & Fragrances

• Flavor Enhancer: Maltodextrin enhances the texture of various products, including sauces, soups, and dairy-based items, improving their mouthfeel without significantly altering the original flavor.
• Encapsulation: Maltodextrin can encapsulate flavor and fragrance molecules, protecting them from oxidation, moisture, and light, which helps maintain their quality and stability.

3. Pharmaceuticals

• Binder and Diluent: Maltodextrin is used in tablet formulations, both in direct compression and wet granulation processes, to bind active pharmaceutical ingredients and improve tablet integrity.

4. Animal Healthcare

• Carrier in Feed Formulations: Maltodextrin can act as a carrier for various active ingredients in animal feed, such as medications or supplements. It helps to improve the dispersion of these ingredients within the feed, ensuring that animals receive a more consistent and effective dose.
• Improved Stability: Maltodextrin can help protect sensitive compounds from degradation during storage. For example, freeze-dried products containing maltodextrin can maintain their antioxidant activity for longer periods.

5. Personal Care

• Thickener: Maltodextrin functions as a thickener in personal care products by increasing the viscosity and consistency of the formulation, creating a smooth, creamy texture, and improving the product's stability.
• Stabilizer: Maltodextrin stabilizes personal care products by acting as a thickener, improving consistency and texture, and enhancing the stability of ingredients, particularly active ingredients, within the product. Its ability to bind ingredients and disperse them evenly contributes to smoother application and prevents separation or degradation.