Food additive · Preservative
Cultured dextrose
A fermented sugar ingredient used as a clean-label preservative because fermentation produces natural antimicrobials.
- Food additive
- Preservative
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points cultured dextrose costs on a product’s receipt.
Popular products that list cultured dextrose
95 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list cultured dextrose. The 12 most scanned:
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Coconut Puff Built · 560 g Score 84 out of 100 Excellent -
English Muffin Dave's Killer Bread · 13.2 oz/374 g Score 35 out of 100 Poor -
Piece Coconut Built · 40 g Score 25 out of 100 Poor -
Chicken Nuggets Impossible · 13.5 oz (383 g) Score 20 out of 100 Poor -
Steak Strips Kirkland Signature · 12 oz (340 g) Score 29 out of 100 Poor -
Soft White Bread Nature's Own Life Keto · 454 g Score 71 out of 100 Good -
Brownie Batter Built · 40 g Score 34 out of 100 Poor -
Impossible Ground Beef Impossible · 12 oz Score 61 out of 100 Good -
BBQ Sauce Original Kinder's · 15.5 oz Score 6 out of 100 Bad -
Sonora style flour tortillas Trader Joe's · 18 oz (1 lb 2 oz), 510 g Score 53 out of 100 Okay -
Turkey Franks Classic Oscar Mayer · 16 oz Score 21 out of 100 Poor -
Small Curd Cottage Cheese Kroger · 24 oz Score 63 out of 100 Good
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (15)
- cultured sugar
- fermented sugar
- cultured dextrose
- fermented dextrose
- cultured cane sugar
- cultured corn sugar
- cultured corn starch
- cultured corn syrup solids
- cultured dextrose and vinegar
- cultured dextrose for freshness
- cultured dextrose to prevent spoilage
- cultured dextrose to maintain freshness
- cultured dextrose to preserve freshness
- cultured dextrose a natural preservative
- cultured dextrose natural mold inhibitor
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