Maize Starch

Product Details:

Also popularly known as corn flour, corn starch or simply referred to as maize, maize starch is the carbohydrate content extracted from the endosperm of the maize (corn) grain. Maize starch is well known for its use as a thickening agent in processed, liquid-based food products. The maize starch thickener is conventionally prepared by blending maize starch powder with a liquid of a lower temperature to obtain a translucent paste or a slurry fluid. Sauces, soups, gravies, custards are customary maize starch products. Other applications include starching laundry, anti-caking, sugar syrup making, natural latex manufacturing and glucose supplicants manufacturing.

Areas of application:

• Food industry – sweeteners, binder and thickening agents, stabilizers and gelling agents, flavours.
• Bio-plastic industry – bio-degradable packaging foams, papers, films and wraps.
• Laundry industry – starching agents.
• Pharmaceutical industry – diluents in tablets and capsules, glucose supplement.

Qualities:

• Sweetness
• Translusence
• High viscosity