Starch-based plastics, which are derived from treated starch from plants, may not be as safe or environmentally benign as previously assumed. Composed mainly of starch and typically blended with ...

High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch ...

Granules installed filters to prevent such contamination, though “inadequate cleaning and maintenance processes” rendered these efforts moot, the FDA said in its warning letter.

The YS granules are significantly larger than the TS granules, with the YS granules varying between 15.51 and 30.47 µm and the TS granules varying between 2.273 and 3.986 µm. Such differences between ...

The granules shapes are ellipsoidal or spherical, with varying sizes, and contain high amounts of amylose (24 to 65%) (Shiga & Lajolo, 2005). The starch granule is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin ...

Due to its high concentration of resistant starch, potato starch may improve certain aspects of gut health, blood sugar regulation, and weight management.

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch.

From truckloads of torn documents to avian incursions in the production plant, Granules India’s recent manufacturing reprimand from the FDA is alarming no matter which way you look at it ...

Mounting evidence is shedding light on the many benefits of resistant starch—from reshaping the gut microbiome to preventing certain diseases.

Some of these shapes are up to 1,300 feet (400 m) long. The researchers believe these weird patterns are created by uneven melting as water moves with Earth's spin across the glacier's underside.

Though all starch types have important uses, most people can benefit from choosing slower digesting starches, like beans, starchy vegetables, and whole grains, over more rapidly digested starch ...