modified starch
Technical term for starch that has been chemically or physically altered to improve its properties for food or industrial use.
Modified starch is used in this processed food.
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.
Standard kanji spelling using 澱粉 for 'starch'.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; でん粉 is a standard way to write 'starch'.
Compound of 変性 (hensei, 'denaturation' or 'modification') and 澱粉 (denpun, 'starch').