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Corn starch is a powdered product produced from corn through soaking, crushing, separation, purification and drying, with white gloss and pure smell. It is broadly applied in food, medicine, starch further processing and chemical industries.
Applicable Scope
I. In starch sugar industry, corn starch is extensively applied to produce high maltose syrup, high fructose syrup and maltodextrin.
II. Corn starch is extensively applied in papermaking and chemical industries as modified starch produced by modified starch industry.
III. In fermentation industry, corn starch is used to produce monosodium glutamate and citric acid, etc.
IV. Corn starch is also broadly applied in metallurgy and casting industries.
Technical Indicators
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Sensory Index |
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Item |
Requirement |
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Top Grade |
First Quality |
Qualified |
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Smell |
With inherent special smell of corn starch, no peculiar smell |
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Appearance |
White powder or with light yellow shadow, glossy |
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Physical and Chemical Indicators |
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Item |
Unit |
Indicator |
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Top Grade |
First Quality |
Qualified |
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Moisture Content |
% |
≤14.0 |
≤14.0 |
≤14.0 |
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Acidity |
T |
≤12.0 |
≤18.0 |
≤25.0 |
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Ash |
% |
≤0.10 |
≤0.15 |
≤0.20 |
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Spot |
spot/cm2 |
≤0.4 |
≤1.2 |
≤2.0 |
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Fineness |
Pass Rate of 150μm (100 mesh) Screen |
≥99.8 |
≥99.5 |
≥99.0 |
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Protein |
% |
≤0.40 |
≤0.50 |
≤0.80 |
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Fat |
% |
≤0.10 |
≤0.15 |
≤0.25 |
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Sulfur Dixide |
% |
≤0.004 |
－－ |
－－ |
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Ferric Salt (Fe) |
% |
≤0.002 |
－－ |
－－ |
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Industrial corn starch – shelf life: 24month; implemented standard: GB12309-90
Edible corn starch – shelf life: 24month; implemented standard: GB8885-88
Packaging Specification of Corn Starch:
Packaging specification such as 25kg/bag and 40kg/bag is available. It may also be packaged according to customers’ need.
Sales Department of Starch Sugar
Tel: 0534-2125888 7280656
Fax: 0534-7280656
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