Arrowroot, sago, tapioca

Com, tapioca, potato and wheat starches are the most commonly used starches in the US and Europe. In the US, 95% of the starch is made from corn, an amount representing 3.4% of the total com crop, excluding that wet-milled to make sweeteners (see Chapter 22) and alcohol11124 (see Chapter 2). In Europe, about 60% of the starch produced is made from com and about 20% each from potato and wheat.12 In select regions, rice, sorghum, arrowroot, sago and other starches are also used. The relative utility of these starches in foods is a function of differences in viscosity, stability to... 

Active radical phosphate Starches Arrowroot Potato Tapioca Sago... 

PRODUCTION. Corn is the major source of commercial starch in the United States, followed by sorghum, wheat, and rice. Other sources include oats, barley, rye, potato, sago, arrowroot, and tapioca (cassava). 

Starch is one of the most abimdant plant polysaccharides and is a major source of carbohydrates and energy in the human diet (Zobel and Stephen, 1995). Starch is the most widely used hydrocolloid in the food industry (Wanous, 2004), and is also a widely used industrial substrate polymer. Total annual world production of starch is approximately 60 million MT and it is predicted to increase by additional approximately 10 million MT by 2010 (FAO, 2006b LMC International, 2002 S. K. Patil and Associates, 2007). Com/maize Zea mays L.), cassava (also known as tapioca—Manihot escu-lenta Crantn.), sweet potato Ipomoea batatas L.), wheat Triticum aestivum L.), and potato Solanum tuberosum L.) are the major sources of starch, while rice Oryza sativa L.), barley Hordeum vulgare L.), sago Cycas spp.), arrowroot Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kimtze), buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum Moench), etc. contribute in lesser amounts to total global production. 

PREPARATIVE TECHNIQUE Commercial starch is produced mainly from maize. Limited amounts of starch are also produced from potatoes and wheat. Other plant sources include rice, tapioca, sago, arrowroot, etc. 

CAS 9005-25-8 EINECS/ELINCS 232-686-4 Synonyms Arrowroot starch Corn starch Potato starch Rice starch Sago starch Sorghum gum a-Starch Starch, converted Starch, corn Starch dust Tapioca starch Wheat starch Classification Carbohydrate polymer Definition Complex polysaccharide composed of units of glucose consisting of about one quarter... 

Corbishley D A, Miller W 1984 Tapioca, arrowroot, and sago starches Production. In Whistler R L, BeMiller J N, Paschall E F (eds) Starch Chemistry and technology, 2nd ed. Academic Press Orlando, 469 - 478... 

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