Corn Starch or Maize Starch is a common food ingredient, often used to thicken sauces or soups, and to make corn syrup and other sugars. Sometimes preferred over flour alone because it forms a translucent mixture, rather than an opaque one. Corn starch is versatile, easily modified and finds many uses in industry such as rmaceutical industry, food industry, paper industry, textile industry. Maize starch is also used in drilling industries.