| Maize
Starch Foods and Pharmaceuticals |
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INTRODUCTION
Maize Starch is a widely used ingredient of several
products of food and pharma industry. It's carbohydrate
content has high purity, low protein and ash contents
making it compatible with several products of
these industries.
Good binding capacity results in its use as a
good filler and binder in tablets. It is also
a vital additive of most of the adhesives due
to these properties. In slurry, it provides body
to the food products. It also helps in retaining
the viscosity of foods. Besides this, it is an
excellent filler in cosmetics by virtue of its
smoothness in dry form.
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| APPLICATIONS |
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A pharmacist uses starch as a tablet binder
in excepient. He also uses it as a disintegrating
agent in the dispersible tablets which are
becoming more popular by virtue of their
speed of action.
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Starch is compatible with the excepients
used to form matrix in the sustained release
formulations which have a better compliance
of the patient. Starch is compatible with
both matrix diffusion and matrix erosion excepients.
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Starch makes its presence felt in household
products such as KETCHUP'S, ICECREAMS, CAKES,
BISCUITS, CHOCOLATES, WAFERS, ETC. Starch
is a vital ingredient of fast foods. |
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| Ambuja Starch Food Typical
Specifications |
| Property |
Maize Starch |
| Appearance |
White Powder |
| Odour |
Odourless |
| PH(10%ag. slurry) |
4.5-6.5 |
| Particle size:no Retention at |
100 mesh |
| Moisture% |
10% Max |
| Starch content on dry basis |
98% Min |
| Total Ash on DB |
0.15% Max |
| Cold water solubility |
0.25% Max |
| Viscosity(Redwood v iscometer No1, 3% paste
at 75 c} |
36-38 sec |
| Protein content Viscosity by BFV at 20rpm,5%
paste cooked at 75c for 30 min. |
0.6% Max |
| Black particles |
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| Customized specification can
also be achieved |
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