wheat starch
Refers to starch extracted from wheat, used in cooking and food processing.
Wheat starch is sometimes used as an ingredient in Japanese sweets.
Cornstarch, a common Western thickener; 正麩 is wheat-based and used in traditional Japanese confectionery.
Standard kanji spelling for wheat starch.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common.
The kanji 正 (correct, pure) and 麩 (wheat gluten/bran) combine to indicate pure wheat starch. The reading しょうふ is the on'yomi of the characters.