Does maltodextrin in food contain wheat?
It’s not completely cut and dried but here is the official explanation we were given for Maltodextrin: “When labeled as “maltodextrin” in the US, this ingredient must be made from corn, potato or rice but not wheat. Confusion comes from the name. Malt is usually made from barley and dextrin can be made from wheat. But maltodextrin is gluten free. Recently there has been some evidence that wheat might be used to produce maltodextrin. If it is, the label will specifically say “wheat maltodextrin” or “maltodextrin (wheat)”.
