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2. 7 Best Dry Cat Foods for Your Feline Friend in 2024 - AOL

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   Every cat parent wants the best for their furry friend, including selecting the best dry cat food. This becomes doubly important as it ensures a long, healthy life. With countless options lining ...

3. Potato starch - Wikipedia

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   To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed, and the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then left to settle out of solution or separated by hydrocyclones, then dried to powder. Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules ranging in size from 5 to 100 μm. Potato starch is a refined starch ...

4. Cat food - Wikipedia

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   Grain free cat food substitutes the typical carbohydrate sources like wheat, corn or rice with alternative sources such as white potato, peas, sweet potato or tapioca. A study published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery in 2018 compared the carbohydrate content between grain-free diets and diets containing grains.

5. Resistant starch - Wikipedia

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   Plants store starch in tightly packed granules, consisting of layers of amylose and amylopectin. [36] The size and shape of the starch granule varies by botanical source. For instance, the average size of potato starch is approximately 38 micrometers, wheat starch an average of 22 micrometers and rice starch approximately 8 micrometers. [37]

6. Amylopectin - Wikipedia

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   Starch is made of about 70–80% amylopectin by weight, though it varies depending on the source. For example, it ranges from lower percent content in long-grain rice, amylomaize, and russet potatoes to 100% in glutinous rice, waxy potato starch, and waxy corn. Amylopectin is highly branched, being formed of 2,000 to 200,000 glucose units.

7. Thickening agent - Wikipedia

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   Potato starch slurry Roux. A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics.