Dextrose: Update to The Vegetarian Resource Group Food Ingredient Guide

By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS

Alternate names: glucose, D-glucose, corn sugar, grape sugar, rice sugar

Commercial source: cornstarch

Used in: baked goods, powdered mixes, soups, snack foods, cereal, confections, condiments, beverages, ice cream, frozen desserts, infant formula, canned fruit, caramel color, pan coatings, jams and jellies

Used as: sweetener, texturizer, bulking agent, moisture conditioner, stabilizing agent, crystallization inhibitor, fermentation substrate

Definition: A simple sugar, dextrose is approximately 70-80% as sweet as sucrose (table sugar).

Manufacturers: ADM, Tate and Lyle, Cargill, Roquette

ADM told us that they use no animal ingredients or processing aids in dextrose manufacture.

http://www.adm.com/_layouts/productdetails.aspx?productid=27

Tate and Lyle reported that their dextrose is not made with animal ingredients or processing aids.

http://www.tateandlyle.com/ingredientsandservices/chooseaningredientorservice/americas/pages/dextrose.aspx

Despite many attempts by email and phone to several people, Cargill told The VRG that they only respond to customer questions.

https://www.cargillfoods.com/emea/en/products/sweeteners/dextrose/functional-properties/index.jsp

Roquette did not return our calls or emails for more information on dextrose.

http://www.roquette-food.com/dextrose-monohydrate-natural-sugar-sweetener-confectionery-cereal-products/

Classification: Vegan

For more ingredient information, see http://www.vrg.org/ingredients/index.php.