The findings suggest that lung cancer could be blamed on the HPV virus in 6 percent of cases, a significant number, researchers said. Lung cancer kills more than 1 million people every year, researchers said, although 90 percent of cases are caused by smoking.
In 100gm of organic tapioca maltodextrin approximately 89.5gm of carbohydrate is found. Besides, this same amount of tapioca maltodextrin, that is 100gm of organic tapioca maltodextrin contains around 5gm of calcium, 20gm of sodium and 8gm of potassium. As it is actually a fine white powder it adds no color to the food material in which it is used, states www.agcommoditiesinc.com.
So what exactly is maltodextrin? And why is it used in so many food products? Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide (type of carbohydrate) that is used as a food additive. It is produced from starches of corn, wheat, potatoes or rice through partial hydrolysis (chemical breakdown through the use of water).