David Gillespie - Can't find DEXTROSE

20 Jul 2010 5:10 AM

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am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon

20 Jul 2010 6:24 AM

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Sharon Elliot wrote:
am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon

Hi Sharon,

I bought two different options (pure dextrose): one was Glucodin (found in the vitamin section of the supermarket) - quite expensive; the other was in the homebrew section - Cooper's beer brand - dextrose. They had a few different brewing sugars there - just look at the ingredients on the back and go for the 100% dextrose one. It was in a 1kg box. Best of luck!

20 Jul 2010 7:23 AM

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Anthea Falkiner wrote:
Sharon Elliot wrote:
am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon
Hi Sharon,
I bought two different options (pure dextrose): one was Glucodin (found in the vitamin section of the supermarket) - quite expensive; the other was in the homebrew section - Cooper's beer brand - dextrose. They had a few different brewing sugars there - just look at the ingredients on the back and go for the 100% dextrose one. It was in a 1kg box. Best of luck!

I found it in Kmart's homebrew section as coles and woolies didn't have it. It was also coopers. Also google homebrew shops in your area.

20 Jul 2010 7:28 AM

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Thanks Anthea and Jan - will keep looking.

sharon

27 Jul 2010 2:24 AM

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Sharon Elliot wrote:
am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon

11 Aug 2010 9:13 PM

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Sharon Elliot wrote:
am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon

Hi Sharon,

I found the dextrose at my local Supa IGA in with the cooking stuff, not very expensive I didn't think.

Margaret

12 Aug 2010 4:54 PM

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Sharon Elliot wrote:
am having trouble locating dextrose or glucose for cooking - or rather - I'm confused about all the alternate names for this stuff. In woolies the brewing sugar is seems to be caster sugar with maltodextrin added, in the health food shop the dextrose also had sulphur dioxide in it....

are these the things we should be cooking with ?

sharon

Hi Sharon

I bought my dextrose in a health food shop but yesterday saw it in BigW for half the price. It was with the beer brewing ingredients.

Cheers

Jan

02 Jan 2011 8:37 PM

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Much cheaper by weight than Glucodin is dextrose marketed to body-builders as a health supplement. You can buy it in 5- to 25-kilo bags online from a site called professionalwhey.com Even with postage, it's still cheaper.

22 Feb 2011 9:18 PM

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Olivia, I disagree. I checked on the Professional Whey site, and 5kg to Australia was going to cost me $37. odd. That worked out to be $7.40 per kilo. I bought mine at Big W Rockdale NSW for $2.98 a kilo bag, on 9th dec 2010. It was in the home brewing section. Priduct code on my shopping docket is 1457353, BG BREW Dextrose. It is the Brigalow Brand.
Subsequent to me e-mailing Big W, they said they have no plans to stop selling it in the near future. Janelle said she was going to ask her Brother about it as he works for Big W, did you ask him yet, Janelle?
Oh Happy days. A lot cheaper, don't you think?
So now all of you have no excuse for not buying your dextrose. I must say, though, that the info on the Professional Whey site was interesting. Guess who won't be using it for a PWO drink!
I can't even get myself up & walking, never mind weights etc! LOL
Keep on spreading the Love
Silver Angel

23 Feb 2011 12:11 AM

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It is worth noting that both dextrose and glucose have a similar calorie content, yet glucose powder tastes far more sweet than brewers sugar. So, while glucodin is more expensive, you will only ingest about half the calories for the same amount of sweetness.

For example, I was using 2 dextrose to one cocoa to make my chocolate milk drink...But I am now using 3/4 glucose : 1 cocoa. If you are calorie counting, it makes sense to opt for the more expensive product.

David F