does cornflour contain starch
Best Answer: Corn flour is the actual flower and cornstarch is an extraxt. While both will thicken the cornflour will leave a strong taste where the cornstarch tastes mild. Cornstarch, or cornflour, is the starch of the maize grain, commonly known as corn.It is also ground from the endosperm, or white heart, of the corn kernel. It has a distinctive appearance and feel when mixed raw with water or milk, giving easily to gentle pressure but resisting sudden pressure.orn starch and Corn flour are the same.The difference is-Corn starch is called Called cornflour in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.