TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

MODIFIED FOOD STARCH [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Food Industries
  • Food Additives
OBS

Fat replacer... may be used in a variety of low-fat and no-fat products, such as baked goods, frostings and fillings gravies and sauces, salad dressings, cheese spreads, confections, and frozen dairy desserts. The ingredient, a modified food starch derived from corn, texture, mouthfeel, stability, and visual qualities of full-fat products.

OBS

A trademark of A E Staley Manufacturing Co.

Key term(s)
  • Stellar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Additifs alimentaires
OBS

StellarMC : Marque de commerce de A E Staley Manufacturing Co.

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 1999-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
DEF

Starch, usually modified, used as a gelling agent in the food industry.

CONT

Ingredients. Original : sugar, gum base, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavoring, modified food starch...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

Amidon, généralement modifié, que l'on emploie comme gélifiant dans l'industrie alimentaire.

OBS

Le qualificatif «alimentaire» apparaît superflu lorsqu'il décrit l'amidon dans la liste des ingrédients d'un produit alimentaire.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 1993-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Special emphasis is placed on recent applications including candy making, co-extruded products, extrusion efficiency, pretreatment of starch for enzyme hydrolysis, extrusion of oil seeds for solvent extraction and twin-screw extrusion applications.... It has developed from its initial roles of mixing and forming as applied to macaroni production to the point where the food extruder is now considered a high-temperature-short-time bioreactor which transforms a variety of raw ingredients into modified food ingredients and finished food products.... Initial applications of the food extruder involved its use to reform degermed cereal grits into macaroni, snacks and ready-to-eat cereals.... Filled snacks which contain an oil emulsion filling, RTE cereals with a fruit gel or fruit flavored component, and pet foods containing multicolored textured pieces to simulate bones or other meat products are examples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

L'extrusion est utilisée depuis très longtemps pour la fabrication des pâtes alimentaires et pour la mise en forme des matériaux [...]

Spanish

Save record 3

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: