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AI-generated ingredient illustration: thick translucent amber maltose syrup in a bowl, one variable product appearance.

Maltose syrup

麦芽糖浆Màiyátáng Jiāng

A thick, sweet syrup made by converting starch into sugars, including maltose. It is used as a glossy sweet coating on foods such as Leshan sweet-skin duck.

Type
Sweeteners

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A concentrated, viscous sweet syrup; its color and maltose proportion vary with the product.

In the kitchen

Brushed over fried sweet-skin duck to give the skin a sweet glaze.

Rice is one starch source. Formulations vary; the syrup is not a specification for pure crystalline maltose.

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这道菜里有麦芽糖浆吗?

Does this dish contain Maltose syrup?

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