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The European starch industry produces over six hundreds products, from native starches to physically or chemically modified starches, through to liquid and solid sweeteners.

The versatility of starch products is such that they are used as ingredients and functional supplements in a vast array of food, non-food, and feed applications.

The consumption of starch and starch derivatives on the EU market reached 8.5 million tons in 2009.

Sectors of Application of Starch Products
Sectors of application in 2009 in terms of consumption in value

Total food applications: 60%     Total non-food applications: 40%

 

 

The European Starch Market in Figures

The starch industry is characterised by a high diversity of products used by different sectors : food, non-food and feed, which are made from maize, wheat, potato, barley and rice.

Total quantity of raw materials processed in year 2009

21.6 (Million tons)

Total quantity of starch produced in year 2009

9.4 (Million tons)

Consumption of starch and starch derivatives in Europe (excluding co-products) in year 2009

8.5 (Million tons)