Starch sodium octenyl succinate, E1450 in the

E number E numbers, short for Europe numbers, are codes for substances used as food additives, including those found naturally in many foods, such as vitamin C, for use within the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Commonly ...

scheme of food additives, is a

modified starch Modified starch, also called starch derivative (chemistry), derivatives, is prepared by physical change, physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch to change its properties. Modified starches are used in practically all starc ...

. These are not absorbed intact by the gut, but are significantly

hydrolysed Hydrolysis (; ) is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution, elimination, and solvation reactions in which water is the nucleophile. Biological hydrolysis ...

by intestinal enzymes and then

fermented Fermentation is a type of anaerobic metabolism which harnesses the redox potential of the reactants to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and organic end products. Organic compound, Organic molecules, such as glucose or other sugars, are Catabo ...

by intestinal microbiota.

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