Making Starch!
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In Ancient Egypt, starch production was used mainly for coating and gluing the papyrus sheets. Today, the paper industry still uses the same technique even if starch processing equipment has changed immensely. But besides shiny reams, starch has a fundamental place in the food and beverages industry.
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Use specialized starch processing equipment to recover higher purity
You can obtain starch from many sources, such as corn, wheat, rice, potato, or cassava. No matter the starch source, it should be white, odorless, and tasteless. Purity is an important parameter to have a competitive starch production.
You need to pre-clean, deep clean, and filter your starch using water. Separate contaminants, fibers, and contents from the starch using water and a centrifuge. The primary challenge for starch processing equipment is to reduce water consumption while increasing the purity of the final product.
An efficient hydro-cyclone system that reduces water intake while ensuring starch concentration and purity is one good solution. Another viable method is to invest in water treatment technology to recycle water.
The use of starch beyond food
Starch is widely used for many food preparations to give or control shape, body, and flavor, for example, in bakery products and the production of sausages, sweeteners, and beers.
Beyond food and beverages, starch has many uses. Pharmaceutical industries uses starch to make tablets and capsules easy to dissolve. The paper and textile industry uses starch to give its products shape, thickness, and strength.
Your starch production can also be used as a biopolymer. You can make binders for constructions or plastics such as tableware, cutlery, and bags with starch constructions or plastics such as tableware, cutlery, and bags.
Cassava starch-based bags to replace single-use plastic bags
79% of all the plastic in the world is dumped in landfills or other natural environments. This is threatening animal life and polluting the planet. The alarming situation prompted many countries to pass laws restricting the consumption of single-use plastics.
A new generation of bioplastic bags is being made from cassava starch to replace petroleum-based plastics. These bags can be diluted in water or sent to compost.
You can find cassava bags mainly produced in Asia and Latin America. This new trend is spreading to other continents. Meanwhile, other starch sources are being tested and used to produce bioplastics.
Processing steps involved in starch making
Which starch technology do you need?
Nozzle separators for starch recovery
In the industrial starch production process, efficient washing and concentration of c...
Double cone blender for fragile and abrasive material
In many industrial applications such as food processing and pharmac...
Industrial silos for powdered and granulated products
In industries dealing with bulk storage, especially for powdered or...
Buffer tanks for powdered or granulated solids storage
In facilities where silos are some distance from the scales, preci...
3 phase decanter centrifuge for industrial separation
When dealing with processes like oily sludge treatment, starch prod...
Standard starch viscometer for gelatinization analysis
In various industries, particularly food processing, accurate meas...
Digital torque viscometer for starch analysis
In the food and beverage industry, it’s crucial to measure the viscosi...
Dust-free big bag connection system for bulk solids
In industries handling bulk solids, managing dust during big bag conn...
Mill sifter for precise bulk density and particle size distribution
In industries like food production and packaging, m...
Advanced vacuum and pressure drum filters for high filtration rates
In applications requiring efficient filtration of f...
Starch separator for starch production
In starch processing industries, achieving high-quality starch separation while mini...
High shear emulsifier for hygienic applications
In the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries, producing stable emu...
Bulk storage silos for food products
Efficient bulk storage is essential in food manufacturing, particularly when it comes ...
Clarifying decanter for starch recovery
Efficient starch recovery is critical in industries such as food processing and pha...
Decanter for plant-based beverage extraction
In the production of plant-based beverages, extracting high-quality liquid fr...
Automated material flow system for starch processing
Managing and precisely controlling the flow of powdered starches is ...
Aeration pads for powdery material flow in silos
In industries where the efficient discharge of powdery materials from sil...
Flash dryer for corn starch
In the starch industry, controlling moisture content is crucial to ensure the quality and stabil...
Steam heated tube bundle dryer
In industrial settings where gentle and efficient drying of products is crucial, traditional ...
Wheat processing systems for industrial applications
In the production of wheat-based products such as flour, gluten, and...
Pneumatic inline sifter for dry flowing material
In various industrial processes, the need to sift dry, flowing materials ...
Open mouth bag filling machine for powders
The packaging of powdery products such as flour can be challenging as it is cru...
Anaerobic EGSB wastewater treatment
If you are looking for a compact and sustainable solution to remove organic pollution f...
Anaerobic UASB wastewater treatment
If you need to remove organic compounds from your wastewater, the up-flow anaerobic slu...
Screener and separator of dry powder
Many industries require the effective screening and separating of a range of dry powde...
Inline batch mixer for solids and liquids
Several issues often arise when your process requires batch-wise mixing of powde...
Mobile pilot plant centrifuge
The system is perfectly suited for pilot plants as well as small-quantity productions in the f...