Corn Starch is a principal product of processing corn, one of nature's major renewable resources. It is also a key material for the manufacture of corn based biochemical products ranging from corn sweeteners to amino acids. Also corn starch itself is also one of the important raw materials for food, paper and textile industries. Corn starch can be widely used in the field of food, pharmaceutics, raising, chemicals, textile, paper-making, etc.
1 Brief introductions
Formula: C6 H10 O5CAS No: 9005-25-8HS Code: 11081200
Corn starch (food grade) is a principal product of processing corn, one of nature's major renewable resources. It is also a key material for the manufacture of corn based biochemical products ranging from corn sweetneners to amino acids. Also corn starch itself is one of the important raw materials for food, paper and textile industries.
2 Flow charts
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3 Applications
1) Sugar industry: Corn starch is usually used to produce the High Maltose Syrup, High fructose Syrup, Maltodextrin, etc.
2) Chemical industry: Corn starch is used in the modified starch for producing of papermaking and chemical industry, etc.
3) Fermented industry: Corn starch is used in the fermented industry and produce monosodium glutamate, citric acid, etc
4) Other industries: Such as metallurgy, casting, etc.
Item name | Standard Request |
Appearance | White or pale yellow shade powder, and it' s glossy |
Odor | Have the special odor of corn starch, no peculiar smell |
Moisture % | 13.5 max |
Finess % | 99.5 min |
Spot cell/cm2 | 0.20 max |
Acidity ° T | 1.8 max |
Ash (dry basis) % | 0.15 max |
Fat (dry basis) % | 0.15 max |
SO2 mg/kg | 30 max |
Protein (dry basis) % | 0.35 max |
Whiteness % | 88 min |
PH | 5.4-6.4 |