Industries are working to minimize their reliance on petrochemicals and petroleum-based
industrial components and replace them with biobased, sustainable, and environmentally …

Cellulose, starch, chitosan, polylactic acid, and polyhydroxyalkanoates are seen as
promising alternatives to conventional plastics in food packaging. However, the application …

The consumer demand for starch continues to grow to meet food consumption needs.
However, starch producers are increasingly looking towards non-food, industrial …

Dietary fibers (DFs) impact the gut microbiome in ways often considered beneficial.
However, it is unknown if precise and predictable manipulations of the gut microbiota, and …

This comprehensive review thoroughly examines starch's structure, modifications, and
applications in slow/controlled-release fertilizers (SRFs) for agricultural purposes. The …

Maltodextrin (MD) is a partially hydrolyzed product of starch that can be used to encapsulate
food, medicine, essential oil and other substances. MD-based microcapsules can enhance …

Biodegradable polymers obtained from renewable natural resources have received
increasing attention due to their potential as alternatives to traditional petroleum-based …

Herein, NaOH solution of a finite concentration was used to pretreat starch, which serves a
novel effective pretreatment. A starch-based high-performance adsorptive hydrogel (STAH) …

Cassava starch is in high demand due to its availability, low-cost and unique functional
features. Cassava starch modification is required to create new techno-functionalities for …

In this work, aluminum/starch (St)-doped CaO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a co-
precipitation method to degrade harmful dyes in various pH media. Systematic …