LA-PHARMA’s Starch Division has expanded its capacity and diversified its product mix to emerge as the market leader for certain products. At its ........... unit, the Company manufactures different products viz. - Maize Starch, IP/BP/PFP, Thintrite, Papyrox, Synthosize, Amylospray, Amylosize, Amylocot, Fiberloc, Bondex, corn Syrup, Maltodextrine, High maltose corn syrup, Fructose corn syrup, Refined corn oil, Gluten, Maize oil cake, Mixed fiber, Corn steep liquor and at Puducherry unit – Texoplast, Carbojet, Jetsize, PGS, Drilling Starch and Aqua Starch.
Starch is used in the paper industry to increase the strength of paper-sheet & to improve the drainage, make paper less porous, for giving gloss, whiteness & smoothness to the paper. It is used to provide brightness & sharpness to the print and it is used as a bonding agent.

In the textile industry, Starch is used to impart an abrasion resistance capacity to yarn and yarn to loom. It is an excellent fibre binder, both for natural and for synthetic fibre, gives high colour yield with sharp and bright prints, imparts weights to the fabrics, compatible to thermoses resins and acts as a good finishing agent for cotton and blended yarns.

In food industry it acts as thickener or body developer, improves the texture of the food products. Corn Syrup and allied products are used in production of hard-boiled candies, soft candies, chewing gums, bubble-gums, toffees, lozenges, and in breweries as a good fermentation medium and flavour and texture provider.

In pharmaceutical industry it acts as a carrier of the medicines. In tablets it is the main filler and acts as a Tablet disintegrate. The main use of the byproducts is as cattle feed.