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Gluten-free and an effective thickener,potato starch gives people who suffer from gluten intolerance or celiac disease a viable alternative to wheat-based thickeners....

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Tapioca starch is used in the manufacture of sweeteners, sizing of paper and textile and is in particular an excellent food starch used as a thickener and stabilizer....

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The most popular application areas are in: Meat industry Bakeries Confectionery Dry blends...

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Starches can vary widely in terms of how quickly they thicken, how much they thicken, the quality of the thickening, and their flavor after thickening....

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Cassava has many advantages for starch production. High level of purity. Excellent thickening characteristics. A neutral (bland) taste. Desirable textural characteristics....

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Starch has a number of commercial and industrial applications and these invariably find their way into our routine life. In our clothes. Our stationery. Our food. And in a host of other ways....

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Cassava is a long tuberous starchy root about two inches around and eight inches long. The root has a brown fibrous skin and snowy white interior flesh. Other names for cassava are yuca, manioc, mandioca, yucca root, casabe, and tapioca...

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Modified tapioca starch is a food additive which is prepared by treating starch or starch granules, causing the starch to be partially degraded....

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Tapioca flour comes from the root of the cassava plant. It basically the same thing as tapioca pearls, like you would use for pudding, but tapioca flour has been ground into a a flour....