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  1. amylose - Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · amylose A polysaccharide consisting of linear chains of between 100 and 1000 linked glucose molecules. Amylose is a constituent of starch (the other being amylopectin). In …

  2. Starch | Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · STARCH STARCH. Starch is a highly organized mixture of two carbohydrate polymers, amylose and amylopectin, which are synthesized by plant enzymes and …

  3. The Natural History of Rice - Encyclopedia.com

    Amylose is the linear fraction of the rice starch, and is negatively correlated with the cohesiveness, tenderness, color, and the gloss of the cooked rice. The rice starch has to be …

  4. Rice as a Food - Encyclopedia.com

    Rice as a Food There are some countries with high annual rice consumption per capita (up to 130 – 180 kg, equal to 55 – 80 percent of total caloric source) such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, …

  5. Ancient and Dynastic China - Encyclopedia.com

    Ancient and Dynastic China China's foodways began to take shape at the end of the last Ice Age. The glacial period was extremely cold and dry. As it broke, from 15,000 to 8000 b.c.e., …

  6. American Maize-Products Co. - Encyclopedia.com

    The Ingredients Division, located in Hammond, was manufacturing all of American Maize ’ s corn starches in 1995, extracting them from common, waxy, and high amylose and various new …