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> Does this mean that in the US whenever food is labelled starch it refers to
> cornstarch? In Canada it is labelled cornstarch, starch or food starch, the
> latter two being the ones to avoid since it it unknown what the starch is
> made from.
In Canada starch can be any starch (wheat, corn, et). In the States
Starch may only be corn starch... some companies who produce in the
states even go to the trouble to change their wheat starch listing in the
states to just Starch in Canada.
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