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Food Chemistry
Corn starch
Formula:
(C₆H₁₀O₅)n
GOST/CAS:
ГОСТ 32159-2013 / CAS 9005-25-8
Corn starch (highly purified natural plant polysaccharide) is an essential texturizer, thickener, and stabilizing agent derived from corn kernels. The product is a fine, free-flowing powder that, when heated with water, forms a paste of relatively low viscosity but high clarity and stability compared to other starches. Due to its neutral taste and odor profile, excellent binding capacity, and dietary benefits (inherently gluten-free), corn starch is widely utilized across the food industry, confectionery manufacturing, and various technical sectors.
Applications
Confectionery and Bakery Industry: Used to provide tenderness, crumbly texture, and softness to biscuits, cakes, and cookies. It is incorporated into fillings, glazes, and candy masses to control texture and retain moisture.
Dairy and Fat & Oil Products: Applied in the production of mayonnaises, sauces, ketchups, processed cheeses, yogurts, and puddings as an effective consistency stabilizer and thickening agent.
Meat Processing and Convenience Foods: Included in the recipes of boiled sausages, frankfurters, pates, and formed semi-finished products to bind free moisture, improving the juiciness and structure of the final product.
Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Applications: Functions as a filler and binding agent in tablet compression, and is also widely used in baby food, dry construction mortars, and the pulp and paper industry.
Key Advantages
Ideal Texturizer and Thickener: Efficiently binds moisture and creates a smooth, homogeneous texture in the final product without altering its original flavor or aroma profile.
Thermal Processing Stability: Retains its functional properties and viscosity characteristics during brief heating and pasteurization cycles, successfully preventing syneresis (moisture separation).
Gluten-Free and Highly Digestible: A hypoallergenic ingredient that contains no gluten, making it a foundational component for dietary, health-conscious, and infant nutrition.
Cost-Efficient and Process-Friendly: Easily dosed and seamlessly blends with both dry and liquid recipe ingredients, optimizing the production cost of the finished goods.
Storage & Transportation
- Store in dry, clean, well-ventilated warehouses, free from pests, at a relative air humidity of no more than 75%.
- Recommended temperature range: from 0°C to +25°C. Avoid sudden temperature fluctuations to prevent condensation.
- Avoid cross-contamination or proximity to products with strong or specific odors (starch easily absorbs ambient scents).
- Transportation is permitted by all types of covered transport in accordance with standard freight regulations. The product is non-hazardous. Shelf life is 2 years from the date of manufacture.
Technical Specifications
Appearance
Homogeneous powder, white with a slight yellowish tint
Odor and Taste
Characteristic of starch, free from foreign odors and off-flavors
Mass Fraction of Moisture
≤14.0%-16.0%
Mass Fraction of Total Ash
≤0.2-0.3%
Acidity (per 100 g of dry matter)
≤2.0-2.5cm³
Sulfur Dioxide Content
≤ 50mg/kg
Supply info
- Durable multi-layer paper or polypropylene bags with a polyethylene inner liner of 25 kg net weight (standard packaging).
- Specialized flexible intermediate bulk containers (Big-Bags) of 500–1000 kg for large-scale industrial operations.