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Penford Food Ingredients, a leading manufacturer and marketer of ingredients for the processed food industry, announced today that it has entered into a sublicense agreement with MGP Ingredients, Inc., which grants to Penford the exclusive right to man...

Potatoes, and ingredients derived from the crop, are set to experience growing demand as cereal prices continue to soar. A spokesman at starch producer Avebe said both cereal and potato-based starches have become more expensive. "The rising cereal...

A new study suggests that the relative size of starch granules used in a blend could determine overall gelation behaviour and whether or not the starch components add to each others' properties or interact to deliver new ones. Starches have widespread ...

Replacing fat can be achieved by spreadable gel particles prepared by superheating potato starch and then cooling, Dutch researchers have reported. Peter Steeneken and Albert Woortman from TNO Quality of Life report: "Superheated starch (SHS) exhi...

New Ice yesterday announced that it would begin manufacturing a new class potato-starch based compostable containers for dry, damp or wet foods.The announcement yesterday follows grants of patents for the process in the US and Europe. The patents discl...