Modified Corn Flour
Modified food starch (including modified corn flour/starch) is permitted by FDA under 21 CFR 172.892, with prescribed limits on the modifying agents. EFSA has reviewed modified starches and considers them acceptable food additives.
What it is
Corn flour or starch chemically or physically modified to alter texture, gelling, or stability properties.
Thickener, stabilizer, gelling agent, and texture modifier in soups, sauces, baby foods, and processed foods.
Why it's flagged
- Marker of ultra-processed foods
- Specific modifying agents (chlorine, propylene oxide) used at trace levels but regulated
What regulators actually say
"Food starch-modified as described in this section may be safely used in food. The quantity of any substance employed to effect such modification shall not exceed the amount reasonably required to accomplish the intended physical or technical effect."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Permitted under 21 CFR 172.892 with restrictions on modifying agents and residual levels.
European Union — EFSA
Modified starches (E1400-E1452) authorized as food additives under Regulation (EC) 1333/2008.
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