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Excerpt from Gelatinization and Retrogradation Changes in Corn and Wheat Starches Shown by Photomicrographs The yield of cornstarch was considered high if 30 percent of the weight of the corn was obtained; it was more usual to recover only about 22 percent. The factory yield for cornstarch is usually about 58 percent of the weight of the original corn. The yield of wheat starch varied from about 45 to 65 percent of the weight of flour used. Heat starch is not manufactured on a commercial scale, hence no comparison of yields can be made. As stated before, the greatest concern was the avoidance of any treatment which might alter the starch; size of yield was not a major consideration. Tho the yields were fairly low, it is believed that the starch obtained was a representative composite of the starch from different parts of the kernels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.