Powdered Dextrose?

Beertooth · Posted: Apr 21 2012 Post subject: Powdered Dextrose?

Just curious what you guys buy for powdered dextrose in the store.

I was at Mal-Wart and just saw a few brands with two other ingredients as well.

Do I need to just order some online.
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Kevin P · Posted: Apr 22 2012 Post subject:

Powdered Dextrose is used primarily in making fermented sausages. From Marianski,"Glucose/dextrose sugar is refined from corn starch which is approximately 70% as sweet as sucrose but it has an advantage of being directly fermented into lactic acid and is the fasted acting sugar for lowering pH. As lowering pH is the main hurdle against bacteria growth in fermented sausages, dextrose is obviously the sugar of choice."

I've some recipes for fresh sausage that include it, but mainly for the 'sweetening' aspect. One can substitute 'plain' table sugar (sucrose), but be sure to reduce the amount as it's 30% sweeter than dextrose.

When I get around to doing fermented sausages, I'll be using the dex I currently have. Gotta build that fermentation chamber first... Shocked

Kevin

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