Modified starches are food starches, which have one or more of their original characteristics altered by treatment in accordance with good manufacturing practice by the procedure listed in the specifications monograph for the individual modified starch. Most modified starches are white or off-white, odourless powders. (FAO & WHO. 2015. Draft Specification Monographs for sixteen Modified Starches. https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/agns/pdf/jecfa/2015_02_22_Modified_Starches.pdf)
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Modified starches are used in applications requiring special properties not attainable by native starches.
