products categorization
Glucose
Raw starch
Modified starch
Household consumption
Medicine
Medicinal starch
Starch is a white, odorless powder found in many plants’ seeds or underground stems. Corn, wheat, and potato are among the plants with a lot of starch.
70% of the dry matter of grain corn is related to starch. Starch in powder form is produced through mechanical dehydration of starch slurry with the help of centrifuges or vacuum filters and continued drying in hot air.
Raw starch has properties such as forming a gel, increasing viscosity, creating texture, and adjusting moisture, which is why it has a special place in various industries.
Technical Specifications
Description
Below are some uses of starch in the pharmaceutical industry:
Good flow properties in powder form and helping to harden tablets during the compacting process.
Helping to release the active pharmaceutical ingredient after taking the pill
Suitable material for encapsulation
Resistance to retrograde as well as resistance to syneresis
Creating a stable colloidal dispersion (viscosity enhancer)
Acting as an excipient in tablets, especially tablets that dissolve quickly in the mouth
