When you think of cornstarch, you probably imagine it being used to thicken sauces or as an ingredient in delicious baked ...

But first, a brief lesson on what cornstarch is and what it does: Cornstarch is a fine white powder made from the endosperm of corn kernels. (In the UK, cornstarch is called cornflour; in the ...

In a new study, researchers showed that resistant starch can help lower harmful fat levels in the liver. Resistant starch is ...

In the world of baking and cooking, two ingredients often get muddled, corn flour and corn starch. But are they ...

Starch, from whatever source, always presents the same chemical characters ; its physical peculiarities may, however, vary slightly. In its pure state, it is a fine, white powder, without taste or ...

To make these particles biodegradable, researchers created plastics from plant starch instead of petroleum. An initial study shows how animals consuming particles from this alternative material ...

Sago is manufactured from the wet starch powder crushed from tapioca roots. The wet starch powder is used for producing sago and the dry powder has been used as a raw material for industrial purposes.

To make these particles biodegradable, researchers created plastics from plant starch instead of petroleum. An initial study published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows how ...