DESCRIPTION

Food Starch, Modified usually occurs as white or nearly white powders; as intact granules; and if pregelatinized (that is, subjected to heat treatment in the presence of water), as flakes, amorphous powders, or coarse particles. Modified food starches are products of the treatment of any of several grain- or root-based native starches (for example, corn, sorghum, wheat, potato, tapioca, and sago), with small amounts of certain chemical agents that modify the physical characteristics of the native starches to produce desirable properties.