What might be the benefit over gum? In other words, why the
search for other colloids--does gum present problems that another
colloid would solve, for instance?
How about price and availability for reasons. Gum is +$20 a pound and
Maltodextrin is closer $1 a pound. Not that I'm going through Gum by
the pound these days but when I order it I have to wait a week or more
for it to come in from 1500 miles away (Quebec), whereas if I can go to
a health food store and get the same effect or a different effect, why
not? (If it actually works?! Which I doubt....)
~m