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Annex SPECIFICATIONS OF PHOSPHATED MAIZE STARCH

United Kingdom

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Description

  • The novel food ingredient is a white or nearly white powder.

    Phosphated maize starch (phosphated distarch phosphate) is a chemically modified resistant starch derived from high amylose starch by combining chemical treatments to create phosphate cross-links between carbohydrate residues and esterified hydroxyl groups.

    • CAS No

  • 11120-02-8

    • Chemical formula

  • (C6H10O5)n [(C6H9O5)2PO2H]x [(C6H9O5)PO3H2]y

    n = number of glucose units; x, y = degrees of substitution

    Chemical characteristics of phosphated distarch phosphate
    Loss on drying10 to 14 %
    pH4,5 to 7,5
    Dietary fibreNot less than 70 %
    Starch7 to 14 %
    ProteinNot more than 0,8 %
    LipidsNot more than 0,8 %
    Residual bound phosphorusNot more than 0,4 % (as phosphorus) ‘high amylose maize’ as source