In foods, starch phosphates are useful as emulsifiers, mainly in biscuits. Octenyl Succinate Starches are used for flavour encapsulation, as cloud agents for beverages and as salad dressing stabilizers. Cationic Starches Cationic Starches are used extensively in the paper industry, primarily as wet end derivatives. These starches are also used in paper sizing, textile sizing and coatings, as binders in laundry starches and as flocculent. Amphoteric Starches Cationisation may be combined with phosphating of the starch to produce Amphoteric Starches.
Main uses are in paper making and in pigment retention.