MAIZE STARCH 5%

Roquette Maize Starch 5% is a native over-dried starch with disintegrant and filler properties. It is used in a variety of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical dosages including swallowable tablets, hard capsules, blends, granules and pellet premix. Maize Starch 5% is optimized to adsorb water and improve formulation stability. Minimum recommended concentration for disintegrant property: 10%. Maize Starch 5% is available as non-GMO. It comes from cereal grain and is used for its gelling or thickening properties in many sectors of agri-food applications such as soups, delicatessen meats, sauces, pastries, coatings, pastas, creams. Maize starch is characterized by its gel temperature of 75C, its average viscosity and its relatively short texture.