It is used in biochemical research carbohydrate analysis and studies of starch breakdown and microbial carbohydrate metabolism.

It serves as a research reagent and substrate for investigating carbohydrate metabolism and the regulation of maltose-related genes in bacteria.

Maltotriose (CAS 1109-28-0) is a trisaccharide carbohydrate composed of three glucose units linked by -14-glycosidic bonds with the molecular formula CHO.