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Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains (leucoplasts). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder.

Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules; their size ranges between 5 and 100 μm. Potato starch is a very refined starch, containing minimal protein or fat. This gives the powder a clear white colour, and the cooked starch typical characteristics of neutral taste, good clarity, high binding strength, long texture and a minimal tendency to foaming or yellowing of the solution.

Here at FMCG we only import and export the highest quality potato starch available, to give our customers the best product they can get.

Sunflowers are grown all over the world. They are grown for two seperate goals: One is to make sunflower oil, and the other to grow sunflower seeds. The country that exports the most sunflowers is America, with a huge margin between it and the rest of the world.
Sunflower seeds grow in the center of the sunflower. These flowers can grow quite large and turn their flowers towards the sun the entire day. Harvesting the sunflower seeds is done by machines.

Processing

After they are harvested the seeds are cleaned, sieved and pealed. The pealing of the seeds takes place under very high pressure. The seeds are blasted against a hard plate, making the shell burst open. The shell is separated from the core by suction. After de-shelling the seeds they are sieved again, sorted and checked until the seeds have a purity of 99.8%. There is some tolerance for broken seeds.

Origin

United States of America, China, Hungary, Croatia and Argentina
Harvesting season September/october
Grown from Sunflower seeds
Processing Cleaning and pealing
Shelf life After processing, at least a year