When it comes to which starch you should be adding to your products, your options stretch a mile wide. From native to modified starch, this carbohydrate can do just about anything you want it to. Where to Start? First, do you want native or modified? Native starches are the pure form, separated from wheat, corn, potatoes, or […]
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WHAT IS PREGELATINIZED STARCH? Pregelatinized is also called Alpha starch. It is a native starch, but cooked, then dried. It has passed the Starch gelatinization process. Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down the intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. Water […]
Oxidized Starch It is a modified tapioca starch shaped, produced and manufactured by means of oxygenation of high excellence quality native tapioca starch with a changed variety of oxidizing agents and oxidized starch as are attained. The Oxidized Starch has smaller chain sizes and length than native starches. Oxidized Starch advances whiteness and decreases microbiological […]