Modified Starch

Modified starch, including modified food starch, is prepared by treating starch or starch granules, causing the starch to be altered so the starch is better suited to certain tasks.

To companies like food manufacturers or nutraceutical companies, modified starch can be used for many, many reasons, most commonly as:

• an emulsifier
• a stabilizer
• a thickener
• a binder

In addition to its flexibility and usefulness to our food and beverage manufacturing customers, nutraceutical companies get tremendous use from modified food starches as well.

We supply all three industries with all types of starch imaginable as their manufacturing needs dictate.

About Modified Food Starch

Precisely why a starch is modified varies. Commonly the goal is to help make the starches more durable and more stable in manufacturing tasks where there may be:

• high heat
• freezing temperatures
• acids
• alkalines

Additionally, starches may be modified to alter their texture or to make gelatinization happen faster or more slowly.

A modified starch may be an instant starch which thickens and gels without heat; or a cook-up starch, such as Colflo 67, which must be cooked like regular starch.

Order Modified Starches

When you're ready to order your next shipment of modified starches, let us help.

Our warehouses around the country allow us to ship efficiently and affordably, and get the starches and other ingredients to you faster.

Contact us for details.