i really would never think to use it as a sweetener. It is a bulking agent so it's used to give volume to artificial sweeteners, vitamins, etc etc. No, it won't kill you. It's fairly natural as far as additives go. Still a digestible carb (not insoluble fiber) though so be mode...
solubleinsoluble dietary fiberfunctional food claimsBefore answering the question Of when dietary fiber can be considered a functional food we must first decide what can be called a dietary fiber. The generally accepted definition of dietary fiber is that of Trowell that dietary fiber consists of ...
to the question about maltodextrin as a fiber source, there is an ingredient called Fibersol made my ADM which is a source of soluble dietary fiber - it is labeled "maltodextrin" on many food products but is very different from regular maltodextrin which does not contain fiber. this kind of...