01/01/1990 The product is clear, colorless, glucose syrup, extracted from dried cassava starch or cassava chips. It is sold in drums or tank wagons. Glucose, also called dextrose, was first manufactured in France early in the 19th century as a sweetener to replace sucrose (table sugar) which had become...
This publication is for those who wish to construct and operate a simple plant to process dehydrated potatoes and potato starch. It dicusses social and economic factors to be considered prior to construction of a processing plant. It also discusses important physiological components of the tuber...
''Sweetness from Starch'' describes methods adapted from those used in many cottage factories in Vietnam for making maltose syrup from cassava starch, using the enzymes in cereal seedlings. This technology produces a syrup containing about 60% maltose, 25% glucose and 15% of other sugars. Maltose...