玉米淀粉 Corn starch

由玉米制成的粉状细淀粉被称为玉米淀粉，也称为玉米粉。玉米胚乳被压碎、清洗和干燥，直到变成细粉。玉米淀粉或玉米淀粉含有低灰分和蛋白质。它是一种用途广泛的添加剂，在各个行业都有广泛的应用。玉米淀粉粉用于控制食品的水分、质地、美观性和稠度。它用于提高成品食品的加工和质量。玉米淀粉用途广泛、经济、灵活、易得，广泛应用于造纸、食品、制药、纺织和粘合剂行业。玉米淀粉塑料包装的使用越来越多，由于其环保性，需求量相当高。

食品工业：
玉米淀粉在食品工业中有着巨大的应用。它用于增稠肉汁、酱汁、馅饼馅料和布丁。它在许多烘焙好的食谱中都有用途。玉米淀粉通常与面粉一起使用，为小麦粉增添了良好的质地，使其柔软。在糖薄壳和冰淇淋蛋卷中，它增加了合理的强度。玉米淀粉在许多烘焙配方中用作除尘剂。它是制造发酵粉和沙拉酱的有用物品。它在决定食物的质地方面起着重要作用，因此对食品制造商和消费者都至关重要。由于玉米淀粉不含麸质，它有助于为烘焙食品添加一些结构，并为它们带来更多的嫩度。在酥饼食谱中，玉米淀粉是一种常见的食物，需要柔软易碎的质地。在制作蛋糕粉的替代品时，它可以少量用于各种用途的面粉。在面糊中，油炸后有一层薄薄的面皮是有帮助的。

造纸工业
在造纸工业中，玉米淀粉用于表面施胶和打浆施胶。它在提高纸张强度、刚度和纸张敲击声方面起着重要作用。它还增强了可擦除性和外观，为印刷或书写形成了坚固的表面，并为后续的涂层做好了准备。它在改善账簿、债券、图表、信封等纸张的打印和书写功能方面也发挥着同样重要的作用。

粘合剂：
在制作纸板着色涂料时，玉米淀粉是一个至关重要的项目。这种涂层为纸张增添了精美的外观，提高了印刷性能。

纺织工业
使用玉米淀粉替代品的一大优势是它在上浆时不会变薄。在压力烹饪下，它可以在一小时内很容易地变成光滑的糊状物。这就是为什么玉米淀粉替代品在纺织工业中得到广泛应用的原因。玉米淀粉的粘度使其有可能具有均匀的拾取和渗透，并确保良好的织造。在纺织品整理中使用玉米淀粉替代品可以改变织物的硬度、外观或手感。此外，将其与热固性树脂或热塑性塑料一起使用，可以获得永久性的表面处理。在纺织工业中，玉米淀粉的用途多种多样；它用于对缝纫线进行抛光和上釉，用作粘合剂以提高耐磨性和增强经纱，在整理中用于改变外观，在印刷中用于增加印花浆的稠度。

制药行业：
玉米淀粉通常用作片剂压缩载体。由于不含致病菌，其用途现在已扩展到维生素稳定等其他领域。它也被用作制造外科手套的除尘粉。

The powdery, fine starch made from corn is known as Corn starch which is also called cornflour. The endosperm of corn is crushed, washed and dried up until it becomes a fine powder. Corn starch or Maize starch contains low ash and protein. It is a versatile additive and has a wide range of applications in various industries. Corn starch powder is used in controlling the moisture, texture, aesthetics and consistency of food products. It is used in enhancing processing and quality of finished food items. Being versatile, economic, flexible and easily available, corn starch is widely used in paper, food, pharmaceutical, textile and adhesive industries. Corn starch plastic packaging is being used increasingly these days and the demand is quite high because it is environment friendly.

Food Industry: 
Corn Starch has huge applications in the food industry. It is used for thickening gravies, sauces, and pie fillings and puddings. It has its use in many baked good recipes. Corn starch is often used with flour and lends a good texture to wheat flour and makes it soft. In sugar wafer shells and ice cream cones it adds a reasonable strength. Corn starch is used as a dusting agent in a number of baking recipes. It is a useful item in manufacturing baking powder and in the dressing of salads. It plays a significant role in determining the texture of foods and thus is vital to both food manufacturers and consumers. As corn starch is free from gluten, it helps in adding some structure to baked goods and brings more tenderness to them. In shortbread recipes Corn starch is a common item where tender and crumbly texture is needed. While making substitute for cake flour it can be used in a small amount to all purpose flour. In batters, it helps to get a light crust after frying.

Paper industry: 
In the paper industry corn starch is used for surface sizing and beater sizing. It plays a big role in increasing paper strength, stiffness and paper rattle. It also enhances erasability and appearance, forms a firm surface for printing or writing and sets up the sheet for subsequent coating. It has equally important role in improving the printing and writing features of sheets like ledger, bond, charts, envelopes, etc.

Adhesives: 
In making pigmented coating for paper board a vital item is corn starch. Such coating adds a fine appearance to paper and improves printability.

Textile Industry: 
A big advantage of using corn starch substitute is it does not thin down while sizing. It can be transformed easily within an hour into a smooth paste under pressure cooking. This is why corn starch replacement is widely used in textile industry. The viscosity of corn starch makes it possible to have uniform pick-up and penetration and ensures good weaving. Using cornstarch alternative in textile finishing the stiffness, appearance or feel of fabrics can be modified. Moreover, using it with thermosetting resins or thermoplastic a permanent finish can be obtained. In textile industry corn starch is used in various ways; it is used to polish and glaze the sewing thread, used as an adhesive to improve resistance to abrasion and strengthen warp yarn, in finishing it is used to change appearance and in printing it increases printing paste consistency.

Pharmaceutical Industry: 
Corn starch is commonly used as tablet compression vehicle. Being free from pathogenic bacteria, its use is now extended to other fields like vitamin stabilising. It is also used as dusting powder in manufacturing surgical gloves.