Potato starches
Offer the functionality, clean taste and texture consumers demand
Innovate faster and better than ever with great-tasting, gluten-free potato starches from Ingredion. Push past the expected with this versatile starch that allows you to control melt and stretch of analog cheese, improve the crunch of your french fries, save on recipe costs in processed meats or create craveable snacks with the texture consumers love.
Whatever your application, potato starches are an ideal solution for making your food and beverage products stand out on the shelves. Potato starches feature a neutral taste, high clarity, strong gelling quality and high water-retention capacity. They can also enhance appearance, mouthfeel, texture and more.
Benefit from the global reach and local knowledge of Ingredion. With our deep formulation expertise and broad range of in-demand potato texturants, we can bring the knowhow you need to deliver on-trend products that consumers demand. Our high-performance potato starches complement a wide portfolio of starches from other plant-based sources — to ensure you have all the functionality you need to win in your market.
Find an edge in key applications
With Ingredion, you have starches from potato and other major plant sources to differentiate your products, including:
- A broad portfolio of in-demand clean label and non-GMO native potato starches (PENPURE® starches)
- A wide range of non-GMO modified potato starches
- Differentiated technologies for:
- Batters and coatings — for high-quality, crispy products (PENNOVO® technology plus a broad range of corn-, rice- and tapioca-based products)
- Gluten-free baking — with the appeal of products that contain gluten, using a comprehensive, combined gluten-free systems and blends toolbox (PENTECH® systems with PRECISA® Bake GF texture system and range of other corn-, rice-, tapioca-based solutions)
- Processed and imitation cheese — for both quality enhancement and cost optimization (PENNOVO® MD maltodextrin, PENTECH® 8500 casein replacement or PENPURE® 10 system as anti-caking starches for shredded cheese; GEL ‘N’ MELT® starch and PRECISA® starch series)
Discover the supreme versatility of potato starches
Differentiate your products with great taste, texture and nutrition. Choose potato starches for:
- Replacing eggs to save money and retain or enhance quality in bakery (moistness, crumb) and savory (viscosity, appearance)
- Reducing fat and calories in bakery
- Replacing phosphates, retaining juiciness and firm textures in meats and replacing fats in ground meats
- Enriching fiber and reducing calories in bakery, snacks and cereals with a potato-based resistant starch supplementing Ingredion’s broad fiber portfolio
- Replacing gelatin to enhance cost savings, improve appearance, and achieve kosher and halal certification in confectionery
- Developing grain-free pet food solutions for premium products
- Enhancing snack texture for excellent expansion and crispiness
- Creating noodles with elastic texture and quick hydration
Potato starches open the door for new claims and functionalities
Claims
- Non-GMO, clean label (native potato starches) and modified potato starches
- Gluten-free at the source
Functionalities
Functionalities complementary to other starches
- Superior gelling properties with greater elasticity and clean meltaway
- Excellent water-holding capacity of large starch granules, allowing for higher viscosity
- Homestyle textures for high-quality, on-trend finished foods
- High viscosity development for energy savings and product quality
Additional functionalities
- Low protein and fat lipid content with no impact on flavor in the formulation
- A clear, transparent color for clear-coat fries, fruit preparations and some soups and sauces
Ingredion is the largest supplier of USA-made specialty potato starches for food applications
When you choose potato starches from Ingredion, you'll tap into our deep-seeded potato knowhow and legacy Penford and Western Polymer expertise. With five potato plants in the U.S., and a global reach of over 120 countries, Ingredion can help you make the most of this highly adaptable ingredient solution. Additionally, potato starches can help you develop a positive sustainability story through the repurposing of potato trimmings as raw materials.
Here are just a few of our potato innovations
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Dressings, fillings
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Creates indulgent mouthfeel, thick texture and creaminess while reducing fat
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Meats
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Replaces phosphates and improves yield while retaining juiciness and firm textures
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Bread, pancakes, waffles, RTE cereal, muffins, tortillas and pasta
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Add low-FODMAP certified fiber,* reduce calories and net carbohydrates
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Tomato solids reduction
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Provides excellent viscosity and pulpy texture, process-tolerance and highly stable
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Noodles
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Creates elastic texture, plus quick hydration
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Functional native starches
Clean labels go hand-in-hand with quality food products. Our clean label functional native starches can be added to simple ingredient listings because they're naturally derived without any chemical modification.
This line of non-GMO and minimally processed starches provides texture and stability in formulations like sauces, soups and baked goods.
Modified starches
Modified starches are altered to enhance their functional properties and maximize stability both on the shelf and in the freezer.
Depending on the type of food product, benefits can include enhanced thickening, gelling and freeze-thaw stability.
Additionally, starches are an essential part of creating consistent, high-quality textures.
Explore speciality starches
Looking for a specific type of starch? Along with our traditional starches, Ingredion also offers specialty starch ingredients to perfect your formulations and labels.
Tapioca starch
Tapioca starch is a gluten-free ingredient derived from the cassava root and has a neutral taste.
Particularly useful in gluten-free products, it provides a chewy texture in baked goods and a clear, glossy finish in sauces.
Rice starch
Consumers generally regard rice starch as a health ingredient because it's both hypoallergenic and easily digestible.
Rice starch has a smooth texture and adds stability to emulsified formulations like baby foods and sauces.
Pea starch
Pea starch, derived from yellow peas, is a popular ingredient for clean label claims.
It's rich in amylose and protein, making it an excellent additive for brands creating plant-based and high-protein products
Explore functional starches
Maximize the flexibility of your food products with an ingredient that performs in a range of applications. Starch is an essential part of refrigerated, frozen and shelf-stable foods, not to mention a major component of industrial applications.
Starches
Enhance your food and beverage formulations with Ingredion's starches. Achieve premium texture and taste while meeting consumer preferences for affordability.
Create indulgent textures, improve nutrition and drive revenue
Enhance the texture and mouthfeel in foods to increase indulgence, improve quality, drive revenue, provide superior stability and have a high process tolerance with NOVATION® Indulge co-texturizing starches.
NOVATION(R) Lumina functional native starches
Meet consumer demand for clean labels without compromising flavor, color, texture or performance
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*Only products that have formally applied to Monash University’s Low FODMAP certification program may claim to be Monash Low FODMAP Certified. The application process to Monash University includes undergoing lab analysis to confirm FODMAP compliance. Monash University Low FODMAP Certified Trademarks are used under license in the United States by Ingredion Incorporated.
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