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

It forms no paste like that of starch or dextrin, and gives no color with iodine.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

But in those cases where we have the actual results the difference between loss in solids and the loss in sugar compares very closely with the actual amount of dextrin disappearing during fermentation.

From A Study Of American Beers and Ales by Tolman, L. M.