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Starch, Bleached
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Starch, Bleached is a thickener gum — Bleached thickener starch
What it does
Bleached thickener starch
Where you'll see it
batter for commercially processed foods
What the research says
Bleached with hydrogen peroxide, chlorine, persulfate, permanganate
Regulatory status
- US FDA: ASP
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): a thickener starch is bleached with active oxygen from hydrogen peroxide and/or peracetic acid