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Analysis of Glycans; Polysaccharide Functional Properties. W. Bergthaller, J. Hollmann, in Comprehensive Glycoscience, 2007 Maltodextrin production. According to Alexander 119 and Kennedy et al. 120 maltodextrins are defined as nonsweet, nutritive starch hydrolysates (consisting of glucose units linked primarily by α14 bonds) with DE values less than 20.