The downstream processing of agricultural raw materials creates value, while offering diversified options and new and alternative market opportunities for the producers of raw materials. Starch production and diversified options for the use of starches are well documented by the Service.

Starches

The production of starch from a number of crops is described in AGS bulletin 98 -Small-Medium and Large-scale Starch Processing

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The AGS document Functional Properties of Starches reviews the functional properties of tropical starches.

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Sweeteners

Sweetness from Starch is an AGS manual which describes the downstream processing of starch to a high-maltose sweetener.

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