Food additive · Coating / thickener

Dextrin

Partly broken-down starch used for crisp coatings and as a binder.

  • Food additive
  • Modified starch
  • Refined starch or flour
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points dextrin costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Marker of ultra-processingInfo

    An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list dextrin

178 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list dextrin. The 12 most scanned:

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Depends on the source

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (9)
  • dextrin
  • dextrins
  • corn dextrin
  • rice dextrin
  • wheat dextrin
  • white dextrin
  • potato dextrin
  • yellow dextrin
  • tapioca dextrin

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org