{"id":11754,"date":"2017-12-28T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=11754"},"modified":"2017-12-19T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T15:55:52","slug":"is-pregelatinized-starch-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/28\/is-pregelatinized-starch-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Pregelatinized Starch Vegan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n<p>Alternative names: pregelatinized modified starch; pregelatinized food starch; modified starch; instant starch; soluble starch; pregel\/prejel starch<\/p>\n<p>Commercial source: plant (corn, tapioca, potato, wheat)<br \/>\nUsed in: dry mixes (soups, sauces, etc.), baby food\/formula, fruit juice, baked goods, hot cereals, potato products, salad dressings, gravies, pharmaceuticals<br \/>\nUsed for: thickening, stabilizing, retaining moisture (in foods); binding, filling or disintegratng (in tablets)<\/p>\n<p>Definition: Prepared from starch or flour, pregelatinized starch easily dissolves in cold liquids eliminating a heating step in manufacturing and becoming viscous like gelatin. It is widely used in foods and pharmaceuticals and also in several other industries including mining\/drilling, construction and textiles.<\/p>\n<p>Major Manufacturers:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tateandlyle.com\/ingredient\/mira-gel-starch\">https:\/\/www.tateandlyle.com\/ingredient\/mira-gel-starch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tate &#038; Lyle wrote in an email: \u201cI can assure you that no gelatin is used in the production of our prejel starches&#8230;Our T&#038;L products are vegan and vegetarian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cargill.com\/pharmaceutical\/pharma-products\/starches\">https:\/\/www.cargill.com\/pharmaceutical\/pharma-products\/starches<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpharmsci.org\/article\/S0022-3549(15)00249-X\/pdf\">http:\/\/www.jpharmsci.org\/article\/S0022-3549(15)00249-X\/pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorcon.com\/products-formulation\/all-products\/excipients\/tablets\/starch-1500\">https:\/\/www.colorcon.com\/products-formulation\/all-products\/excipients\/tablets\/starch-1500<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grainprocessing.com\/industrial-starch-products\/pregelatinized-starches.html\">http:\/\/www.grainprocessing.com\/industrial-starch-products\/pregelatinized-starches.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology\/modified-starch\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology\/modified-starch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/12\/pregelatinized-starch-is-vegan-present-in-many-tylenol-excedrin-motrin-target-pain-relievers\/\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/12\/pregelatinized-starch-is-vegan-present-in-many-tylenol-excedrin-motrin-target-pain-relievers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Classification: Vegan<\/p>\n<p>Entry added: December 2017<\/p>\n<p>For information on other ingredients, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\">http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgement about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS Alternative names: pregelatinized modified starch; pregelatinized food starch; modified starch; instant starch; soluble starch; pregel\/prejel starch Commercial source: plant (corn, tapioca, potato, wheat) Used in: dry mixes (soups, sauces, etc.), baby food\/formula, fruit juice, baked goods, hot cereals, potato products, salad dressings, gravies, pharmaceuticals Used for: thickening, stabilizing, retaining moisture (in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11755,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11754\/revisions\/11755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}