Starch Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
ADM | D | Archer-Daniels-Midland Company | 1.50 | |
BCPC | D | Balchem Corporation | 1.02 | |
INGR | B | Ingredion Incorporated | -0.28 | |
MGPI | F | MGP Ingredients, Inc. | 0.71 | |
STKL | B | SunOpta, Inc. | -4.12 |
Related Industries: Farm Products Packaged Foods Specialty Chemicals
Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FTXG | A | First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF | 11.26 | |
VEGI | D | iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers Fund | 8.54 | |
FXG | A | First Trust Cons. Staples AlphaDEX | 8.51 | |
EATV | C | VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF | 7.74 | |
FTRI | A | First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF | 7.36 |
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- Starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants as energy storage. It is the most common carbohydrate in human diets and is contained in large amounts in staple foods like potatoes, wheat, maize (corn), rice, and cassava.
Pure starch is a white, tasteless and odorless powder that is insoluble in cold water or alcohol. It consists of two types of molecules: the linear and helical amylose and the branched amylopectin. Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25% amylose and 75 to 80% amylopectin by weight. Glycogen, the glucose store of animals, is a more highly branched version of amylopectin.
In industry, starch is converted into sugars, for example by malting, and fermented to produce ethanol in the manufacture of beer, whisky and biofuel. It is processed to produce many of the sugars used in processed foods. Mixing most starches in warm water produces a paste, such as wheatpaste, which can be used as a thickening, stiffening or gluing agent. The biggest industrial non-food use of starch is as an adhesive in the papermaking process. Starch can be applied to parts of some garments before ironing, to stiffen them.
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