Table of Contents
66 relations: Adhesive, Alkali, American English, Amylomaize, Anticaking agent, Arrowroot, Baby powder, Bioplastic, Bird's Custard, Canada, Centrifuge, Cereal germ, Combustibility and flammability, Commonwealth of Nations, Condom, Corn ethanol, Corn gluten meal, Corn oil, Corn sauce, Corn steep liquor, Corn syrup, Cornmeal, Custard, Diaphragm (birth control), Dust explosion, Electrorheological fluid, Endosperm, Flour, Fodder, Glycogen storage disease, Gravy, Hydrocyclone, Ireland, Israel, Latex, Laundry starch, Maize, Masa, Medical glove, Modified starch, Non-Newtonian fluid, Opacity, Paisley shawls, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Polylactic acid, Potato starch, Powdered sugar, Sauce, Scotland, Seed, ... Expand index (16 more) »
- 1840 introductions
- Maize products
- Starch
Adhesive
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.
Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
See Corn starch and American English
Amylomaize
Amylomaize was a term coined in the late 1940s by Robert P. Bear of Bear Hybrids Corn Company in Decatur, Illinois to describe his discovery and commercial breeding of a cornstarch with high (>50%) amylose content, also called high amylose starch. Corn starch and Amylomaize are starch.
See Corn starch and Amylomaize
Anticaking agent
An anticaking agent is an additive placed in powdered or granulated materials, such as table salt or confectioneries, to prevent the formation of lumps (caking) and for easing packaging, transport, flowability, and consumption.
See Corn starch and Anticaking agent
Arrowroot
Arrowroot is a starch obtained from the rhizomes (rootstock) of several tropical plants, traditionally Maranta arundinacea, but also Florida arrowroot from Zamia integrifolia, and tapioca from cassava (Manihot esculenta), which is often labeled arrowroot. Corn starch and arrowroot are Edible thickening agents and starch.
Baby powder
Baby powder is an astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash and for cosmetic uses.
See Corn starch and Baby powder
Bioplastic
Bioplastics are plastic materials produced from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, straw, woodchips, sawdust, recycled food waste, etc.
See Corn starch and Bioplastic
Bird's Custard
Bird's Custard is the brand name for the original powdered, egg-free imitation custard powder, now owned by Premier Foods.
See Corn starch and Bird's Custard
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Centrifuge
A centrifuge is a device that uses centrifugal force to subject a specimen to a specified constant force, for example to separate various components of a fluid.
See Corn starch and Centrifuge
Cereal germ
The germ of a cereal grain is the part that develops into a plant; it is the seed embryo.
See Corn starch and Cereal germ
Combustibility and flammability
A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.
See Corn starch and Combustibility and flammability
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
See Corn starch and Commonwealth of Nations
Condom
A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Corn ethanol
Corn ethanol is ethanol produced from corn biomass and is the main source of ethanol fuel in the United States, mandated to be blended with gasoline in the Renewable Fuel Standard.
See Corn starch and Corn ethanol
Corn gluten meal
Corn gluten meal (CGM) is the principal protein of corn (maize) endosperm consisting mainly of zein and glutelin.
See Corn starch and Corn gluten meal
Corn oil
Corn oil (North American) or maize oil (British) is oil extracted from the germ of corn (maize). Corn starch and corn oil are maize products.
Corn sauce
Corn sauce or fermented corn sauce is produced by fermentation using corn starch as the primary substrate. Corn starch and corn sauce are maize products.
See Corn starch and Corn sauce
Corn steep liquor
Corn steep liquor is a by-product of corn wet-milling. Corn starch and corn steep liquor are maize products.
See Corn starch and Corn steep liquor
Corn syrup
Corn syrup is a food syrup which is made from the starch of corn/maize and contains varying amounts of sugars: glucose, maltose and higher oligosaccharides, depending on the grade. Corn starch and corn syrup are maize products and starch.
See Corn starch and Corn syrup
Cornmeal
Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize). Corn starch and Cornmeal are maize products.
Custard
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin.
Diaphragm (birth control)
The diaphragm is a barrier method of birth control.
See Corn starch and Diaphragm (birth control)
Dust explosion
A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location.
See Corn starch and Dust explosion
Electrorheological fluid
Electrorheological (ER) fluids are suspensions of extremely fine non-conducting but electrically active particles (up to 50 micrometres diameter) in an electrically insulating fluid.
See Corn starch and Electrorheological fluid
Endosperm
The endosperm is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following double fertilization.
Flour
Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Corn starch and Flour are starch.
Fodder
Fodder, also called provender, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs.
Glycogen storage disease
A glycogen storage disease (GSD, also glycogenosis and dextrinosis) is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme or transport protein affecting glycogen synthesis, glycogen breakdown, or glucose breakdown, typically in muscles and/or liver cells.
See Corn starch and Glycogen storage disease
Gravy
Gravy is a sauce generally made from the juices of meats that run naturally during cooking and often thickened with corn starch or other thickeners for added texture.
Hydrocyclone
Hydrocyclones are a type of cyclonic separators that separate product phases mainly on basis of differences in gravity with aqueous solutions as the primary feed fluid.
See Corn starch and Hydrocyclone
Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Latex
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water.
Laundry starch
Laundry starch or clothing starch is a liquid suspension prepared by mixing a vegetable starch in water used in the laundering of clothes.
See Corn starch and Laundry starch
Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Masa
Masa or masa de maíz is a maize dough that comes from ground nixtamalized corn.
Medical glove
Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients.
See Corn starch and Medical glove
Modified starch
Modified starch, also called starch derivatives, is prepared by physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch to change its properties. Corn starch and Modified starch are Edible thickening agents and starch.
See Corn starch and Modified starch
Non-Newtonian fluid
A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid that does not follow Newton's law of viscosity, that is, it has variable viscosity dependent on stress.
See Corn starch and Non-Newtonian fluid
Opacity
Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light.
Paisley shawls
Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
See Corn starch and Paisley shawls
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Paisley (Paisley; Pàislig) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
See Corn starch and Paisley, Renfrewshire
Polylactic acid
Polylactic acid, also known as poly(lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA), is a thermoplastic polyester (or polyhydroxyalkanoate) with backbone formula or, formally obtained by condensation of lactic acid with loss of water (hence its name).
See Corn starch and Polylactic acid
Potato starch
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. Corn starch and potato starch are Edible thickening agents and starch.
See Corn starch and Potato starch
Powdered sugar
Powdered sugar, also called confectioners' sugar and icing sugar is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powdered state.
See Corn starch and Powdered sugar
Sauce
In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Semolina
Semolina is the name given to coarsely milled durum wheat mainly used in making pasta and sweet puddings.
Soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water.
Starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. Corn starch and Starch are Edible thickening agents.
Starch gelatinization
Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down of intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water. Corn starch and starch gelatinization are starch.
See Corn starch and Starch gelatinization
Steeping
Steeping is the soaking of an organic solid, such as leaves, in a liquid (usually water) to extract flavours or to soften it.
Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
Tapioca
Tapioca is a starch extracted from the tubers of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, but whose use is now spread throughout South America. Corn starch and Tapioca are Edible thickening agents.
Textile
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.
Thickening agent
A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.
See Corn starch and Thickening agent
Transparency and translucency
In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light.
See Corn starch and Transparency and translucency
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
See Corn starch and United Kingdom
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
See Corn starch and United States
Waxy corn
Waxy corn or glutinous corn is a type of field corn characterized by its sticky texture when cooked as a result of larger amounts of amylopectin. Corn starch and Waxy corn are Edible thickening agents and starch.
Wet-milling
Wet-milling is a process in which feed material is steeped in water, with or without sulfur dioxide, to soften the seed kernel in order to help separate the kernel’s various components.
See Corn starch and Wet-milling
2015 New Taipei water park fire
On 27 June 2015, a dust fire occurred at Formosa Fun Coast, a water park in Bali, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
See Corn starch and 2015 New Taipei water park fire
3D printing
3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.
See Corn starch and 3D printing
See also
1840 introductions
Maize products
- Corn oil
- Corn sauce
- Corn starch
- Corn steep liquor
- Corn syrup
- Cornick (food)
- Cornmeal
- Cornstalk fiddle
- Hominy
- Máchica
- Maize flour
- Mielie meal
- Parched grain
- Popcorn
- Rheintaler Ribelmais
- XLNT Foods
Starch
- Β-Cyclodextrin
- Acetylated distarch adipate
- Acetylated distarch phosphate
- Acetylated starch
- Amylomaize
- Amylopectin
- Amylose
- Arrowroot
- Corn starch
- Corn syrup
- Cycloamylose
- Cyclodextrin
- Destarch
- Dextrin
- Dextrose equivalent
- Dialdehyde starch
- Distarch phosphate
- Floridean starch
- Flour
- Glucose syrup
- High-fructose corn syrup
- Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates
- Hydroxyethyl starch
- Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate
- Hydroxypropyl starch
- Iodine–starch test
- Kudzu
- Maltitol
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Modified starch
- Pentastarch
- Phosphated distarch phosphate
- Potato starch
- Resistant starch
- Retrogradation (starch)
- Starch
- Starch analysis
- Starch gelatinization
- Starch mogul
- Starch production
- Starch synthase
- Usi (food)
- Warabimochi
- Waxy corn
- Waxy potato starch
References
Also known as Corn-starch, Cornstarch, Maize starch, Maizena.