Manufacturers need a starch that allows their product to be pourable but does not thicken too much

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Manufacturers need a starch that allows their product to be pourable but does not thicken too much as it cools. Explain your choice.


Read the following product description and determine which starch would be the best choice for a manufacturer. The cost of dent starch is low, waxy starch is more expensive, and chemically modified waxy starches are the most expensive. Although cost is always an important factor in manufacturing decisions, for this exercise consider only the characteristics of the different types of starch.
A. Dent starch

B. Waxy starch

C. Modified waxy starch

D. Amylomaize

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Campbell Biology

ISBN: 978-0321775658

10th edition

Authors: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson

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