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Corn_starch

Level 3Contested

Corn_Starch is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: cornstarch, modified corn starch, modified food starch

What the research says

Base of Cheetos and the puffed-corn snack category — engineered for 'vanishing caloric density,' the melt-on-tongue trick that fools the brain into thinking the food contains no calories. [salt-sugar-fat] Base of Cheetos and the puffed-corn snack category — engineered for 'vanishing caloric density,' the melt-on-tongue trick that fools the brain into thinking the food contains no calories.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Salt Sugar Fat (Moss)Chapter 14 (I Feel So Sorry for the Public): This is one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure