Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
coated with modified starch
English answer:
difference between starch and modified starch
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English term
coated with modified starch
English
Science
Nutrition
Ingredients for food industry
In the context of a manual on human nutrition - published by supplier of ingredients for the food and beverage industry - the following terms seem to appear interchangeably:
1) "powder particles containing vitamin A coated with starch"
2) "powder particles containing viatmin A coated with modified starch"
Is there a difference between "starch" and "modified starch" in this context? If so, what is the difference?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
1) "powder particles containing vitamin A coated with starch"
2) "powder particles containing viatmin A coated with modified starch"
Is there a difference between "starch" and "modified starch" in this context? If so, what is the difference?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!
Responses
| 2 +7 | according to one Internet source |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 4 +2 | Yes, there is a difference |
PAS
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May 23, 2005 14:55: Jonathan MacKerron changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English to German"
May 23, 2005 14:58: Jonathan MacKerron changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "English"
Responses
+7
10 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
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Related KudoZ points
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4
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according to one Internet source
"Starches can be modified in several ways to change their function as additives in products. They can be cross-linked, where the chains get stuck together into a mesh. They can be heated to break the long chains down into simpler molecules like dextrin, polydextrin, and malto-dextrin. These are simply short starches.
Starches can have a hydrogen replaced by something else, such as a carboxymethyl group, making carboxymethyl starch."
Starches can have a hydrogen replaced by something else, such as a carboxymethyl group, making carboxymethyl starch."
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
PAS
1 min
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| agree |
Yvonne Becker
15 mins
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| agree |
XiaoRan
24 mins
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| agree |
Mari Noller
42 mins
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| agree |
paolamonaco
7 hrs
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
8 hrs
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| agree |
Refugio
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+2
11 mins
Yes, there is a difference
The information in the link is written in fairly straightforward language, so have a read...
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-05-23 15:06:13 GMT)
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which, incidentally is where Jonathan got his description from!
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-05-23 15:06:13 GMT)
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which, incidentally is where Jonathan got his description from!
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Moore (X)
: and he really should have quoted it....
1 hr
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
8 hrs
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