Cargill introduces Starrier[TM] starch.

Turning liquid flavours and oils into easily manageable dry powders has become significantly more efficient for manufacturers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the launch of Starrier[TM] starch, a clean label, high-loading starch carrier from Cargill that overcomes the inefficiencies of traditional lower-load bearing carriers and the expense and complexity of spray-drying.

Produced in Cargill's Sas van Gent plant in The Netherlands, Starrier[TM] starch is a milled, pre-gelatinised, native maize starch that converts liquids and oils into free-flowing, non-sticky, dry powders, to be used easily across a broad range of applications.

The unique flake-shaped particle structure (patent-pending) has a high surface area which provides excellent absorption capacity for all liquids using conventional plating methods, which consist in depositing a liquid on a solid carrier material. Compared with traditional carriers, such as salt and maltodextrin, which suffer from low liquid loading capacity (maximum 10 percent), Starrier[TM] starch has a ground-breaking loading capacity of up to 60 percent without stickiness. And with cost efficiency being a primary driver for manufacturers, Starrier[TM] starch has a lower cost-in-use than maltodextrin.

Starrier[TM] starch also overcomes the need for expensive and complex spray-drying, the process used instead of plating when intense flavouring requirements demand a flavour loading greater than 10 percent. In turn, this eliminates additional associated cost and quality implications, such as energy use, the risk of thermal degradation and the loss of volatile components potentially resulting in flavour changes and even off-taste. Starrier[TM] starch itself is neutral-flavoured.

Derived from identity-preserved non-GMO maize, Starrier[TM] starch is clean label and can be declared as simply "starch," "maize starch" or "corn flour".

Mike Jones, EMEA category manager for convenience, Cargill Texturizing Solutions, said: "This is a convenient and cost-effective solution for flavour houses as well as for functional foods producers. Starrier[TM] starch helps turn oils and liquid flavours into manageable and user-friendly powders, without damaging delicate and complex final tastes. Upon eating, flavours carried by Starrier[TM] starch are rapidly released, meaning a satisfying experience for the consumer, as well as the manufacturer."

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