Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Country of Origin
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Background
- AKFP's Superior Potato Starch is processed from special varieties of European potatoes that yield a fairly high amount of quality starch. It is manufactured in Germany by Emsland Group, the world's second largest potato starch manufacturing company.
- Among the major industrially produced native starches, potato starch stands out with distinct characteristics that make it a choice ingredient in food manufacturing. Potato starch has larger (oval, spherical) starch granules than the other major starches. Native potato starch also has the highest viscosity among all the major native starches. It reaches a peak viscosity of 3000 BU at 60o – 65oC. It also exhibits the highest swelling power and solubility at 95oC compared to other native starches.
- The starch paste or solution from native potato is nearly clear, with very high viscosity and long texture. It also has relatively medium rate of retrogradation and medium-low resistance to shear. The high viscosity of native potato starch indicates a lower amount of potato starch is needed to obtain a paste with a given viscosity, compared with corn, wheat or tapioca starch. The texture of potato starch can be further described as visco-elastic, cohesive and long-bodied. The clarity of the potato starch paste can be considered as clear or translucent. Films of potato starch products are observed to rate high in tensile strength, flexibility, solubility and gloss.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
Properties
- Physical Form
- Appearance
- Fine white powder
- Odor
- Neutral
- Taste
- Neutral
- Physico-Chemical Properties
- Microbiological Values
- Nutritional Information
- Specifications
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Sulfite Content | max. 10 | ppm | A0138, sulfite test strips |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Aerobic Mesophilic Bacteria (48 ‡ 2 h at 35 °C) | max. 5,000 | cfu/g | M0012, Plate Count Agar |
| Yeasts (72-120 h at 25 °C) | max. 100 | cfu/g | M0016, Dichloran Glycerol (DG-18) Agar |
| Molds (72-120 h at 25°C) | max. 100 | cfu/g | M0023, Dichloran Glycerol (DG-18) Agar |
| Escherichia coli (24-48 h at 44 °C) | Negative | /g | M0007, Chromocult Coliform Agar |
| Coliform Bacteria (24 - 48 h at 36°C) | max. 10 | cfu/g | M00126, Petrifilm (E.coli/Coliform count plates) |
| Salmonella | Negative | /25 g | M0020 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Energy | 320 | kcal/100g | — |
| Fat | 0.1 | g/100g | — |
| Saturates | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Carbohydrates | 80 | g/100g | — |
| Sugars | 0 | g/100g | — |
| Proteins | 0.1 | g/100g | — |
| Salt | 0.04 | g/100g | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Moisture Content | 18.0 - 20.0 | % | A0010, surface dryer |
| Lightness variable (L*) | min. 95.0 | — | A0022, colorimeter |
| pH value | 6.0 - 8.0 | — | A0039, pH meter |
| Brabender Viscosity (at Peak) | 1,000 - 2,000 | BU | V010015, Brabender viscometer |
| Ash Content | max. 0.50 | % | A0002, muffle furnace |
| Listeria | Not detectable | /g | M0056 |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Packaging Information
- Gross weight: 1000 kg
- Packaging tvpe: 25 00 kg
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 60 months
- Storage Conditions
Store inside cool and dry in closed packaging