Things to consider before buying potato starch

The gluten-free and quite versatile potato starch is the king of ingredients used in commercial food production. Lately, it has found its use in the house of culturally different people globally. It is easy to use and easy on the gut. Potato starch has ample benefits to offer, the most prominent one being its use as a thickening agent in food products. It is tasteless, odorless, and possesses a fine flour-like consistency. It can be incorporated into the recipes quite easily and offers desired results when used in proper quantity and quality.

Are potato starch and potato flour the same?

Potato starch and potato flour are two different products derived from potatoes. Potato flour is basically dried potatoes ground to a fine powder. Potato starch on the other hand is derived through a multi-step process where the starch is extracted from potatoes, dried, and ground to fine powder.

 

There is a difference in the use and taste of potato starch and powder. Potato starch is tasteless while potato flour tastes the same as potato. The texture of potato flour is more like wheat flour. It’s comparatively heavier and grainy. Potato starch on the contrary has a fine, lightweight texture like corn flour. Potato flour is often used in recipes as an alternative to wheat flour. It’s often used in baking as the base for bread and cakes.

 

Potato starch has extensive uses. It is used as a thickener in gravies, sauces, puddings, fillings, soups, stews, and casseroles. Further, it is used as a coat for deep frying foods. Potato starch coating offers a crispy golden texture and lightweight texture to food. It is odorless and tasteless and is often used in pie fillings to get the requisite color along with a smooth and glossy finish. The additional use for potato starch is in baking goods and bakery products to make muffins, cakes, bread, and crackers. The starch adds a beautiful texture to bakery products and offers them a longer shelf life.

 

Using potato flour in replacement of potato starch would not only give unsatisfactory results but will also spoil your recipes. Hence, understand your need before you set out to buy either of them. Both potato flour and starch aren’t interchangeable and serves a different purpose in cooking.

Are all potato starches the same?

Not really. You see, the process of obtaining potato starch is quite simple. However, the mass demand for starch and its overgrowing popularity has bought new entrants into the market. Brands are greenwashing customers with attractive labels and false claims and are selling their potato starch at the most exorbitant prices. While in reality, potato starch is one such product that can be availed cost-effectively and doesn’t require you to splurge. All you need to do is check some basic ingredients and labels to ensure a high-quality potato starch purchase.

 

Things to consider before buying potato starch:

 

1. NON-GMO

Always look out for potato starch brands that promise non-GMO and organic produce. This will ensure that the product is free from antibiotics, toxic chemicals, and growth hormones. The main ingredient that goes into making potato starch is good-quality potatoes. A Non-GMO product ensures that potatoes used in making potato starch aren’t genetically modified, grown, or chemically induced.

 

Non-GMO products are environmentally friendly and to a larger extent contain more nutrients.

1. Gluten-Free Flour

Potato starch by default is gluten-free. Hence, if you are finding potato starch product that isn’t gluten-free, it’s because it contains other hidden ingredients. Potato starch in its purest form is most useful. Don’t fall for fancy packaging. Go for simply built potato starch that solves your cooking concerns.

2. Price

Pricey potato starch doesn’t mean good quality always. Potato starch is produced at quite cheap rates. Hence, even after considering the profit margins, if some brands are charging exorbitant prices, know that it’s a greenwash. 100% pure potato starch certified by a food organization will do the task.

3. Needs

Usually, two different varieties of potato starch are available in the market. The food grade and the industrial grade. Consider your needs before setting to buy either of them. Using industrial-grade potato starch for home cooking won’t serve well and the same stands true for industrial use. Industrial-grade potato starch is more suited for high-resistance cooking and purposes.

Keeping these things clear in mind would help you pick a good potato starch product from the supermarket shelf.

 

Are you looking for good quality affordable potato starch in the market? Choose Nilkanth Exports. Belonging from the farming background, we incorporate best practices while sourcing and choosing potatoes for our Potato Starch Manufacturers in India. Choose from our industrial and food-grade potato starch products and get started.

 

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