As an additive for food processing, food starches are typically used as thickeners and stabilizers in foods such as puddings, custards, soups, sauces, gravies, pie fillings, and salad dressings, and to make noodles and pastas.

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The function(s) performed by the food additive when used in cooking.

• Emulsifier - An agent that forms or preserves a mixture of substances normally incapable of being mixed eg. oil and water

• Stabiliser - A substance that maintains the uniform dispersal of substances in a food

• Thickener - A substance that increases the viscosity of a food

Data according to various sources such as fao, fda, codex. Spot a mistake? Tell us!

Starch phosphate
Monostarch phosphate

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