Key developments include Roquette Frères launching new tapioca-based starches and Ingredion introducing a non-GMO corn starch ...

These natural coatings enhance the performance of plastics while reducing their environmental footprint, offering a practical ...

While many studies have examined the health implications of ingesting petroleum-derived microplastics, none have looked at ...

AGRANA, an Austria-based global producer of specialty starch-based ingredients, is expanding its product portfolio with the ...

It is stored up in the seeds, roots and pith of plants, and by its decomposition affords the materials for the most essential vegetable products. Starch, from whatever source, always presents the ...

High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind ...

High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch ...

To make these particles biodegradable, researchers created plastics from plant starch instead of petroleum. An initial study shows how animals consuming particles from this alternative material ...

"As silly stunts for social media go, this might not be quite as dangerous as eating Tide Pods, but it is still extremely ...

An initial study published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows how animals consuming particles from this alternative material developed health problems such as liver damage and ...