Sugars & Sweeteners
Substitutes for Glucose Syrup DE21 in gelato
Glucose Syrup DE21 is a low-conversion, starch-derived liquid sweetener (about 80% dry solids) whose high-molecular-weight glucose polymers give gelato body and structure while contributing only modest sweetness and freezing-point depression. If you're out of glucose syrup de21 or need a different profile, these are the closest functional swaps — ranked by how similar they are on the balancing numbers, with the impact of each swap.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +8) — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +24) — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +24) — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +24) — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +22) — adjust to compensate.
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