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Corn starch

Index Corn starch

Cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, or corn starch (American English) is the starch derived from corn (maize) grain. [1]

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  1. 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) »

  2. 1840 introductions
  3. Maize products
  4. 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.

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Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Baby powder

Baby powder is an astringent powder used for preventing diaper rash and for cosmetic uses.

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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.

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Bird's Custard

Bird's Custard is the brand name for the original powdered, egg-free imitation custard powder, now owned by Premier Foods.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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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.

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Cereal germ

The germ of a cereal grain is the part that develops into a plant; it is the seed embryo.

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Combustibility and flammability

A combustible material is a material that can burn (i.e., sustain a flame) in air under certain conditions.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Corn gluten meal

Corn gluten meal (CGM) is the principal protein of corn (maize) endosperm consisting mainly of zein and glutelin.

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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.

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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.

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Corn steep liquor

Corn steep liquor is a by-product of corn wet-milling. Corn starch and corn steep liquor are maize products.

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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.

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Cornmeal

Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize). Corn starch and Cornmeal are maize products.

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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.

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Diaphragm (birth control)

The diaphragm is a barrier method of birth control.

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Dust explosion

A dust explosion is the rapid combustion of fine particles suspended in the air within an enclosed location.

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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.

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Endosperm

The endosperm is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following double fertilization.

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Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Corn starch and Flour are starch.

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Fodder

Fodder, also called provender, is any agricultural foodstuff used specifically to feed domesticated livestock, such as cattle, rabbits, sheep, horses, chickens and pigs.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Latex

Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water.

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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.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.

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Masa

Masa or masa de maíz is a maize dough that comes from ground nixtamalized corn.

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Medical glove

Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients.

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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.

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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.

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Opacity

Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light.

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Paisley shawls

Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Paisley, Renfrewshire

Paisley (Paisley; Pàislig) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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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).

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Potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. Corn starch and potato starch are Edible thickening agents and starch.

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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.

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Sauce

In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi-solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Seed

In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).

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Semolina

Semolina is the name given to coarsely milled durum wheat mainly used in making pasta and sweet puddings.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Steeping

Steeping is the soaking of an organic solid, such as leaves, in a liquid (usually water) to extract flavours or to soften it.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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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.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Thickening agent

A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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3D printing

3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.

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See also

1840 introductions

Maize products

Starch

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_starch

Also known as Corn-starch, Cornstarch, Maize starch, Maizena.

, Semolina, Soup, Starch, Starch gelatinization, Steeping, Sugar, Tapioca, Textile, Thickening agent, Transparency and translucency, United Kingdom, United States, Waxy corn, Wet-milling, 2015 New Taipei water park fire, 3D printing.