noun
modified starch
Technical term for starch that has been chemically or physically altered to improve its properties for food or industrial use.
この加工食品には変性澱粉が使われている。
Modified starch is used in this processed food.
変性澱粉はとろみをつけるために添加されることが多い。
Modified starch is often added to thicken foods.
澱粉 is unmodified starch, while 変性澱粉 is starch that has been treated to alter its properties.
Compound of 変性 (hensei, 'denaturation' or 'modification') and 澱粉 (denpun, 'starch').