5">Maltodextrins are highly polydisperse materials and present a bimodal molecular weight distribution as determined by SEC.
Melt viscosity of maltodextrins decreases with the increase of DE-value whatever the plasticizer.
5">Influence of the DE on glass transition temperature is not linear and differs according to the nature of the plasticizer.
The hygroscopic behaviour of maltodextrins is complicated and the DE-value alone is not sufficient to explain it.